In a study presented at the British Association of Dermatologists’ 99th Annual Meeting in Liverpool, United Kingdom, July 2-4, 2019, researchers from the University of Manchester and the Salford Royal National Health Service Foundation Trust reported on an effort to assess evidence on the risk of cancer in patients with psoriasis.

The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare have presented the first ever national guidelines for the treatment and care of psoriasis. Though there have been guidelines created for the treatment of psoriasis by different shareholders in the past, this is the first time the that guidelines have been published by the The National Board of Health and Welfare. Though current research has paved the way for new and effective treatments for psoriasis, the disease is still under-treated, and...

Abstract These guidelines were developed by the psoriasis research group of the French Society of Dermatology with the aim of providing updated decision‐making algorithms for the systemic treatment of adult patients with moderate‐to‐severe psoriasis. Our algorithms were generated after rigorous evaluation of existing guidelines on the treatment of psoriasis and of publications concerning new systemic treatments, not yet incorporated into existing guidelines. A total of nine existing guidelines...

Developed by an expert workgroup composed of several dermatologists, as well as a cardiologist, a rheumatologist and patient representatives, the guidelines appear in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. One guideline focuses on the other health conditions that may be associated with the disease, including psoriatic arthritis, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease. This guideline also addresses the increased risk of anxiety and depression in...