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Nicholas R. Kurtansky

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Verified email at mskcc.org
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[HTML][HTML] Validation of artificial intelligence prediction models for skin cancer diagnosis using dermoscopy images: the 2019 International Skin Imaging Collaboration …

…, D Gutman, B Helba, H Kittler, NR Kurtansky… - The Lancet Digital …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Previous studies of artificial intelligence (AI) applied to dermatology have shown
AI to have higher diagnostic classification accuracy than expert dermatologists; however, …

[HTML][HTML] An epidemiologic analysis of melanoma overdiagnosis in the United States, 1975–2017

NR Kurtansky, SW Dusza, AC Halpern… - Journal of Investigative …, 2022 - Elsevier
The primary cause of the increase in melanoma incidence in the United States has been
suggested to be overdiagnosis. We used Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result Program …

[HTML][HTML] Immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with pre-existing psoriasis: safety and efficacy

…, F Ye, R Irlmeier, P Mehta, NR Kurtansky… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are approved to treat multiple cancers.
Retrospective analyses demonstrate acceptable safety of ICIs in most patients with autoimmune …

[HTML][HTML] Prospective validation of dermoscopy-based open-source artificial intelligence for melanoma diagnosis (PROVE-AI study)

MA Marchetti, EA Cowen, NR Kurtansky, J Weber… - NPJ Digital …, 2023 - nature.com
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to improve the assessment of lesions
suspicious of melanoma, but few clinical studies have been conducted. We validated the …

Are the MIA and MSKCC nomograms useful in selecting patients with melanoma for sentinel lymph node biopsy?

…, NR Kurtansky, R Olofsson Bagge… - Journal of Surgical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Methods The Melanoma Institute of Australia (MIA) and Memorial Sloan
Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) nomograms were developed to help guide sentinel lymph …

Nonexpert crowds outperform expert individuals in diagnostic accuracy on a skin lesion diagnosis task

…, T Moulton, J Weber, NR Kurtansky… - 2023 IEEE 20th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A recent study [1] showed that individual physicians with at least ten years of experience as
dermatologists achieved 74.7% accuracy on average in labeling images from the multiclass …

[HTML][HTML] Tertiary lymphoid structures accompanied by fibrillary matrix morphology impact anti-tumor immunity in basal cell carcinomas

C Byers, M Gill, NR Kurtansky, C Alessi-Fox… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) are specialized lymphoid formations that serve as local
repertoire of T- and B-cells at sites of chronic inflammation, autoimmunity, and cancer. While …

[HTML][HTML] Analyzing the spatial randomness in the distribution of acquired melanocytic neoplasms

E Chousakos, K Kose, NR Kurtansky, SW Dusza… - Journal of Investigative …, 2022 - Elsevier
On the basis of the clinical impression and current knowledge, acquired melanocytic nevi
and melanomas may not occur in random localizations. The goal of this study was to identify …

Nasal skin reconstruction: Time to rethink the reconstructive ladder?

…, P Brouwer, A Aleisa, NR Kurtansky… - Journal of Plastic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Nasal scarring can compromise aesthetics and function given its complex three-dimensional
structure and central location. This study aimed to measure patients’ …

High‐resolution full‐field optical coherence tomography microscope for the evaluation of freshly excised skin specimens during Mohs surgery: A feasibility study

M Jain, SW Chang, K Singh, NR Kurtansky… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Histopathology for tumor margin assessment is time‐consuming and expensive. High‐resolution
full‐field optical coherence tomography (FF‐OCT) images fresh tissues rapidly at …