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Shannon Trotter, DO, moderated a Dermatology Times Case-Based Roundtable event on how pharmacokinetics, adverse event timing, and trial response criteria should shape hedgehog pathway inhibitor selection in advanced BCC.

Cosibelimab-ipdl is now an NCCN Category 2A option for locally advanced CSCC in patients ineligible for curative surgery or radiation.

Lutikizumab significantly improved HiSCR75 response, pain, and disease flares in adults and adolescents with moderate to severe HS.

SPD 2026 highlighted advances in pediatric dermatology spanning textured hair care, vitiligo, vascular anomalies, mental health, genetics, and collaborative care.

Tina Bhutani-Jacques, MD, explored how disease location, prior treatment response, and patient preference shape topical treatment decisions across 3 plaque psoriasis cases.

Benjamin Ungar, MD, moderated a recent Dermatology Times Case-Based Roundtable event on how to define severity, choose among JAK inhibitors, and monitor patients with alopecia areata.

Clinicians at a Dermatology Times Case-Based Roundtable, moderated by Chesahna Kindred, MD, debated when to escalate to oral JAK inhibitors for alopecia areata and how to counsel patients on timing, monitoring, and safety.

The joint AAD-HSF guideline issues 37 recommendations, including strong support for adalimumab, bimekizumab, infliximab, and secukinumab.