Melanoma and Skin Cancer

LINKS

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: Melanoma

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: Skin Cancer  

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: Melanoma  

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: Skin cancer  

National Cancer Institute: Melanoma 

National Cancer Institute: Skin cancer 

Medscape Resource Centers: Skin cancer   

The Journal of  the American Medical Association Collections: Skin cancer    

Melanoma Research  

CLINICAL GUIDELINES

"Improving Outcomes for People with Skin Tumours including Melanoma" - NICE - National Institute For Clinical Excellence, London, UK - www.nice.org.uk    

PRESS RELEASES

"Protein "Switch" Suppresses Skin Cancer Development - When IKKa fails to keep cell replacement cycle in balance, cancer follows" - The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA - www.mdanderson.org

"Patient's own infection-fighting T cells put late-stage melanoma into long-term remission — without chemotherapy or radiation" - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA  - www.fhcrc.org 

"Vaccine-and-antibody treatment shows effectiveness and milder side effects in advanced melanoma and ovarian cancer" - Press Release / Comunicato stampa - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA - www.dana-farber.org

"Sunscreen and Summer Sun Safety" - The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

LITERATURE SELECTION  

Burmeister BH et al.: "Adjuvant radiotherapy versus observation alone for patients at risk of lymph-node field relapse after therapeutic lymphadenectomy for melanoma: a randomised trial, Lancet Oncol. 2012 May 8. [Epub ahead of print]

Green AC et al.: "Reduced Melanoma After Regular Sunscreen Use: Randomized Trial Follow-Up", J Clin Oncol. 2010 Dec 6. [Epub ahead of print]

Karagas MR et al.: "Genus beta human papillomaviruses and incidence of basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas of skin: population based case-control study", BMJ 2010 Jul 8;341:c2986. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c2986 

Oliver SC et al.: "Attenuation of iodine 125 radiation with vitreous substitutes in the treatment of uveal melanoma", Arch Ophtalm 2010 Jul;128(7):888-93

Hod SF et al.: "Improved Survival with Ipilimumab in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma",N Engl  J Med 2010 Jun 5. [Epub ahead of print]

Bertoni JM et al.: "Increased Melanoma Risk in Parkinson Disease: A Prospective Clinicopathological Study", Arch Neurol 2010 Mar;67(3):347-352

Bradford PT et al.: "Increased risk of second primary cancers after a diagnosis of melanoma",   Arch Dermatol  2010 Mar;146(3):265-72

Aalborg J et al.: "Tanning and increased nevus development in very-light-skinned children without red hair",  Arc Dermatol  2009 Sep;145(9):989-96

Mandalà M et al.: "Clinical and histopathological risk factors to predict sentinel lymph node positivity, disease-free and overall survival in clinical stages I-II AJCC skin melanoma: outcome analysis from a single-institution prospectively collected database", Eur J Cancer  2009 Sep;45(14):2537-45

Nisticò P et al.: "Chemotherapy enhances vaccine-induced antitumor immunity in melanoma patients", Int J Cancer 2009 Jan 1;124(1):130-9

Stang A et al.: "Mobile Phone Use and Risk of Uveal Melanoma: Results of the Risk Factors for Uveal Melanoma Case-Control Study", J Natl Cancer Inst 2009 Jan 13. [Epub ahead of print]

Pectasides D et al.: "Randomized Phase III Study of 1 Month Versus 1 Year of Adjuvant High-Dose Interferon Alfa-2b in Patients With Resected High-Risk Melanoma", J Clin Oncol 2009 Jan 12. [Epub ahead of print]

Tahrini AA et al.: "Durable complete responses with high-dose bolus interleukin-2 in patients with metastatic melanoma who have experienced progression after biochemotherapy", J Clin Oncol. 2007 Sep 1;25(25):3802-7

Rhodes LE et al.: "Five-year follow-up of a randomized, prospective trial of topical methyl aminolevulinate photodynamic therapy vs surgery for nodular basal cell carcinoma", Arch Dermatol. 2007 Sep;143(9):1131-6

NEWS

Indoor tanning and melanoma:  "In a highly exposed population, frequent indoor tanning increased melanoma risk" - (Lazovich D et al.: "Indoor Tanning and Risk of Melanoma: A Case-Control Study in a Highly Exposed Population", Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 May 26. [Epub ahead of print]) 

Tea consumption and skin cancer

Tea consumption and skin cancer -  Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 

Skin cancer in marathon runners

Skin cancer in marathon runners - Archives of Dermatology 

Burn injuries and skin cancer

Burn injuries and skin cancer -  Epidemiology. 

EDITORIALS

Increased prevalence of malignant melanoma and skin carcinoma before the diagnosis of Parkinson disease - Jø rgen H. Olsen 

Melanoma metastases in sentinel lymph node could be detected in imprint smears utilizing a rapid intraoperative protocol, potentially eliminating the need for an additional surgery - Vinod Shidham 

Autoimmunity is a significant prognostic indicator in patients receiving interferon a-2b for melanoma - Helen Gogas 

Sunbed exposure and melanoma - Veronique Bataille 

Systematic meta-analysis on all main risk factors for melanoma - Sara Gandini 

Variants of the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) gene and risk of sporadic and familial melanoma - Maria Teresa Landi 

Circulating tumor cells in cutaneous melanoma - Simone Mocellin

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