Prognostic value of immune biomarkers in melanoma loco-regional metastases. by Emilia Hugdahl, Sura Aziz, Tor A Klingen, Lars A Akslen

“…The prognosis for patients with melanoma loco-regional metastases is very heterogenous. …”
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Anti-melanoma activity of green-produced nanosilver-chlorhexidine complex by Nadezhda Antonova Ivanova

“…This study follows the in vitro anti-melanoma activity of silver nanoparticles (Sn) obtained by “green” reduction with catechins from Camellia sinensis and superficially charged with chlorhexidine diacetate (Cx+). …”
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Primary Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Melanoma in the Lower Thoracic Spine by Kathrin Hering, Anke Bresch, Donald Lobsien, Wolf Mueller, Rolf-Dieter Kortmann, Clemens Seidel

“…Demonstrating an unusual, extremely rare case of melanoma manifestation. Study Design. Case report. …”
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Spindle Cell Melanoma Presenting as an Ulcer in a Black Diabetic by D. A. Gaskin, D. Brathwaite, N. Depeiza, P. S. Gaskin, J. Ward

“…Background. Melanoma in blacks is uncommon and exceedingly rare in association with a diabetic ulcer. …”
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Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma: Current Knowledge and Future Directions by Massimo Ralli, Andrea Botticelli, Irene Claudia Visconti, Diletta Angeletti, Marco Fiore, Paolo Marchetti, Alessandro Lambiase, Marco de Vincentiis, Antonio Greco

“…Melanoma is one of the most immunologic malignancies based on its higher prevalence in immune-compromised patients, the evidence of brisk lymphocytic infiltrates in both primary tumors and metastases, the documented recognition of melanoma antigens by tumor-infiltrating T lymphocytes and, most important, evidence that melanoma responds to immunotherapy. …”
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Classification of Melanoma and Nevus in Digital Images for Diagnosis of Skin Cancer by Muhammad Qasim Khan, Ayyaz Hussain, Saeed Ur Rehman, Umair Khan, Muazzam Maqsood, Kashif Mehmood, Muazzam A. Khan

Subjects: “…Melanoma…”
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Classification of Melanoma Cancer Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks by Emrah Dönmez, Ali Güneş

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Teledermatology: From Prevention to Diagnosis of Nonmelanoma and Melanoma Skin Cancer by G. Fabbrocini, V. De Vita, F. Pastore, V. D'Arco, C. Mazzella, M. C. Annunziata, S. Cacciapuoti, M. C. Mauriello, A. Monfrecola

“…In particular, teledermatology can aid in the prevention and diagnosis of nonmelanoma and melanoma skin cancer; telemedicine and teledermatology offer the opportunity to make available consultations with experts also by long distance. …”
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Bilateral Choroidal Metastases as Presentation of Dissemination of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma by S. Fernandez-Perez, O. Ruiz-Moreno, V. Pueyo, G. de la Mata, L. Pablo

“…Pathological examination of the lesions confirmed the diagnosis of choroidal metastases from a malignant cutaneous melanoma. Conclusions. Monitoring patients who have had cutaneous malignant melanoma is very important, since melanoma metastases may occur even many years after the diagnosis of the primary tumor. …”
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Modulation of Acid Sphingomyelinase in Melanoma Reprogrammes the Tumour Immune Microenvironment by Emma Assi, Davide Cervia, Laura Bizzozero, Annalisa Capobianco, Sarah Pambianco, Federica Morisi, Clara De Palma, Claudia Moscheni, Paolo Pellegrino, Emilio Clementi, Cristiana Perrotta

“…Since acid sphingomyelinase (A-SMase) downregulation in melanoma was shown to determine a malignant phenotype, we aimed here to elucidate the role of A-SMase in the regulation of tumour immunogenic microenvironment using in vivo melanoma models in which A-SMase was either downregulated or maintained at constitutively high levels. …”
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Primary Retroperitoneal Malignant Melanoma with Involvement of Iliac Artery and Vein by Aislyn Oulee, Ling Xu, Scott Worswick

“…Primary retroperitoneal melanoma is a very rare extracutaneous presentation of melanoma. …”
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Socioeconomic status correlates with clinical outcomes in patients with acral melanoma by Rong Huang, Jiayu Wang, Kelin Zheng, Mengke Zhao, Zhengyun Zou, Zhengyun Zou, Zhengyun Zou

Subjects: “…acral melanoma…”
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Molecular Network Associated with MITF in Skin Melanoma Development and Progression by Ichiro Yajima, Mayuko Y. Kumasaka, Nguyen Dinh Thang, Yuji Goto, Kozue Takeda, Machiko Iida, Nobutaka Ohgami, Haruka Tamura, Osamu Yamanoshita, Yoshiyuki Kawamoto, Keiko Furukawa, Masashi Kato

“…Various environmental and genetic factors affect the development and progression of skin cancers including melanoma. Melanoma development is initially triggered by environmental factors including ultraviolet (UV) light, and then genetic/epigenetic alterations occur in skin melanocytes. …”
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Ipilimumab: A First-in-Class  T-Cell Potentiator for Metastatic Melanoma by Bartosz Chmielowski

“…This agent provides an additional therapeutic option in metastatic melanoma, and guidelines for management of adverse events facilitate clinical implementation of this new agent.…”
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Steatohepatitis-induced vascular niche alterations promote melanoma metastasis by Johannes Hoffmann, Julia Schüler, Bianca Dietsch, Sina Wietje Kürschner-Zacharias, Carsten Sticht, Felix A. Trogisch, Maren Schreitmüller, Tinja Baljkas, Kai Schledzewski, Manuel Reinhart, Sebastian A. Wohlfeil, Manuel Winkler, Christian David Schmid, Joerg Heineke, Cyrill Géraud, Sergij Goerdt, Philipp-Sebastian Reiners-Koch, Victor Olsavszky

Subjects: “…Cutaneous malignant melanoma…”
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Latest Approved Therapies for Metastatic Melanoma: What Comes Next? by Farid Menaa

“…Nowadays, oncogene-directed therapy and immunotherapy represent the two most promising avenues for patients with metastatic melanoma. The recent oncogene-directed therapeutic, vemurafenib, usually produces high level of tumor shrinkage and survival benefits in many patients with B-RA mutant melanomas, although the fast and high degrees of responses are likely short-lived. …”
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Reporting Melanoma: A Nationwide Surveillance of State Cancer Registries by Kehinde O. Raji, Lauren Payne, Suephy C. Chen

“…The goal of our study was to determine current melanoma reporting methods available to dermatologists and dermatopathologists and quantify changes in reporting methods from 2012 to 2014. …”
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Effects of Macrofungal Polysaccharides Combined with Vemurafenib on Melanoma and Its Associated Mechanism by Wenya Wu, Zhigang Su, Shasha Fan

“…Results indicated that MFPS enhanced the inhibitory effect of Vemurafenib on tumor growth in melanoma-bearing mice and the secretion of cytokines IFN-γ and IL-12 in PBMCs of melanoma-bearing mice. …”
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Shaggy Photoreceptors with Subfoveal Fluid Associated with a Distant Choroidal Melanoma by Ann Q. Tran, James A. Eadie, Michael M. Altaweel

“…A 45 year-old Caucasian male patient was referred to retina clinic for management of choroidal melanoma. Examination revealed a nasal choroidal melanoma while EDI-OCT illustrated subfoveal fluid pocket with elongated shaggy photoreceptors distant and separate from the tumor. …”
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Normal and melanoma skin visualized, quantified and compared by in vivo photoacoustic imaging by Terese von Knorring, Tobias Buhl Ihlemann, Paul Blanche, Charlene Reichl, Niels Møller Israelsen, Caroline Meyer Olesen, Yasemin Topal Yüksel, Mette Mogensen

Subjects: “…Melanoma…”
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