Skin Cancer Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Skin Cancer, including details on identification, causes, prevention, treatment.

Volume 1 (2004), Issue 4 (November)

1. Features of sentinel lymph nodes for melanoma may lead to re-diagnosis of the cutaneous primary: an unusual case and review of literature.
   Virchows Arch, 445(5): 527-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Smad3 knockout mice exhibit a resistance to skin chemical carcinogenesis.
   Cancer Res, 64(21): 7836-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Cooperative autocrine and paracrine functions of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in the progression of skin carcinoma cells.
   Cancer Res, 64(21): 7801-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Protein kinase C epsilon is an endogenous photosensitizer that enhances ultraviolet radiation-induced cutaneous damage and development of squamous cell carcinomas.
   Cancer Res, 64(21): 7756-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Epidemiological differences for cutaneous melanoma in a relatively dark-skinned Caucasian population with chronic sun exposure.
   Eur J Cancer, 40(16): 2502-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Perspectives in melanoma prevention: the case of sunbeds.
   Eur J Cancer, 40(16): 2367-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Cutaneous malignant melanoma in Europe.
   Eur J Cancer, 40(16): 2355-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Repetitive DNA alterations in human skin cancers.
   J Dermatol Sci, 36(2): 79-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Genetic testing in hereditary melanoma.
   J Am Acad Dermatol, 51(5): 803-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Ultrasonography or palpation for detection of melanoma nodal invasion: a meta-analysis.
    Lancet Oncol, 5(11): 673-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Isolated limb infusion with fotemustine after dacarbazine chemosensitisation for inoperable loco-regional melanoma recurrence.
    Eur J Surg Oncol, 30(10): 1107-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Management of squamous cell carcinoma in a patient with recessive-type epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica.
    Dermatol Surg, 30(11): 1424-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Multiple subclinical syringomatous proliferations encountered during Mohs surgery for basal cell carcinoma.
    Dermatol Surg, 30(11): 1420-3; discussion 1423. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Subcutaneous nodules on the face: acantholytic in-transit cutaneous metastasis.
    Dermatol Surg, 30(11): 1415-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Basal cell carcinoma occurring in scar tissue following excision of a parotid gland pleomorphic adenoma.
    Dermatol Surg, 30(11): 1412-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Reducing opposed multilobed flap repair, a new technique for managing medium-sized low-leg defects following skin cancer surgery.
    Dermatol Surg, 30(11): 1406-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Patterns of detection of superficial spreading and nodular-type melanoma: a multicenter Italian study.
    Dermatol Surg, 30(11): 1371-5; discussion 1375-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Detection of melanoma cells in the lymphatic drainage after lymph node dissection in melanoma patients by using two-marker reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay.
    Ann Surg Oncol, 11(11): 988-97. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Detection of melanoma cells in sentinel lymph nodes by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction: prognostic significance.
    Ann Surg Oncol, 11(11): 983-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Basal cell adhesion molecule is inversely associated with apoptosis, but plays a limited role for protection against apoptotic stimuli.
    Skin Pharmacol Physiol, 17(6): 304-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Plasma membrane gamma-glutamyltransferase activity facilitates the uptake of vitamin C in melanoma cells.
    Free Radic Biol Med, 37(11): 1906-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Bowen's disease of the nail bed.
    Australas J Dermatol, 45(4): 232-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia presenting with cutaneous xanthomas: response to liver transplantation.
    Australas J Dermatol, 45(4): 226-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Case of the Brooke-Spiegler syndrome.
    Australas J Dermatol, 45(4): 220-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Cutaneous tumors in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasm type 1 (MEN1) and gastrinomas: prospective study of frequency and development of criteria with high sensitivity and specificity for MEN1.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 89(11): 5328-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Choroidal and skin metastases from papillary thyroid cancer: case and a review of the literature.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 89(11): 5303-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Associations between UVR exposure and basal cell carcinoma site and histology.
    Cancer Lett, 216(2): 191-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Skin self-examination practices in a convenience sample of U.S. university students.
    Prev Med, 40(3): 268-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Iatrogenic skin cancer: induction by psoralen/ultraviolet A and immunosuppression of organ transplant recipients.
    Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed, 20(6): 289-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Melanocortin 1 receptor variants, pigmentation, and skin cancer susceptibility.
    Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed, 20(6): 283-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Balloon cell nevus of the soft palate: an immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study.
    Pathol Int, 54(11): 872-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Round excision of small, benign, papular and dome-shaped melanocytic nevi on the face.
    Int J Dermatol, 43(11): 844-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis: a case report and review of the literature.
    Int J Dermatol, 43(11): 785-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Pigmented penile macules.
    Int J STD AIDS, 15(11): 717-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Reassessment of diagnostic criteria in cutaneous lymphocytic infiltrates.
    Sao Paulo Med J, 122(4): 161-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Immunologic and clinical outcomes of vaccination with a multiepitope melanoma peptide vaccine plus low-dose interleukin-2 administered either concurrently or on a delayed schedule.
    J Clin Oncol, 22(22): 4474-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. UVR reflections at the surface of the eye.
    J Photochem Photobiol B, 77(1): 71-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Surgical excision vs Mohs' micrographic surgery for basal-cell carcinoma of the face: randomised controlled trial.
    Lancet, 364(9447): 1766-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. One-year follow-up of a lentigo maligna: first dermoscopic signs of growth.
    Br J Dermatol, 151(5): 1087-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Mild phenotype of familial cylindromatosis associated with an R758X nonsense mutation in the CYLD tumour suppressor gene.
    Br J Dermatol, 151(5): 1084-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Small diameter melanoma: a follow-up of the Norwegian Melanoma Project.
    Br J Dermatol, 151(5): 1081-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Digital image analysis for diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma. Development of a highly effective computer algorithm based on analysis of 837 melanocytic lesions.
    Br J Dermatol, 151(5): 1029-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Comparative histopathology of grey-horse-melanoma and human malignant melanoma.
    Pigment Cell Res, 17(6): 674-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Phase I clinical trial of the immunocytokine EMD 273063 in melanoma patients.
    J Clin Oncol, 22(22): 4463-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Isolated limb perfusion for unresectable melanoma of the extremities.
    Arch Surg, 139(11): 1237-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Contraindications to sentinel lymph node biopsy in cutaneous malignant melanoma.
    Br J Plast Surg, 57(8): 725-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Combined early treatment of congenital melanocytic naevus with carbon dioxide and NdYag lasers.
    Br J Plast Surg, 57(8): 720-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Classification of congenital melanocytic naevi and malignant transformation: a review of the literature.
    Br J Plast Surg, 57(8): 707-19. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Merkel cell carcinoma and multiple basal cell carcinoma in an African albino woman with HIV infection.
    HIV Med, 5(6): 452-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Imiquimod induced regression of clinically diagnosed superficial basal cell carcinoma is associated with early infiltration by CD4 T cells and dendritic cells.
    Clin Exp Dermatol, 29(6): 639-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Clinicopathological features and prognostic factors of cutaneous melanoma among Hong Kong Chinese.
    Clin Exp Dermatol, 29(6): 600-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Self-detected cutaneous melanomas in Italian patients.
    Clin Exp Dermatol, 29(6): 593-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Inhibition of melanoma growth and metastasis by ATF2-derived peptides.
    Cancer Res, 64(22): 8222-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Temozolomide is a novel regional infusion agent for the treatment of advanced extremity melanoma.
    Am J Surg, 188(5): 532-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Involvement of overexpressed wild-type BRAF in the growth of malignant melanoma cell lines.
    Oncogene, 23(54): 8796-804. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Recombinant modified vaccinia Ankara primes functionally activated CTL specific for a melanoma tumor antigen epitope in melanoma patients with a high risk of disease recurrence.
    Int J Cancer, 113(2): 259-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Essential contribution of tumor-derived perlecan to epidermal tumor growth and angiogenesis.
    J Histochem Cytochem, 52(12): 1575-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Integrin alphav-mediated inactivation of p53 controls a MEK1-dependent melanoma cell survival pathway in three-dimensional collagen.
    J Cell Biol, 167(4): 745-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma: the first reported case in a nonhuman animal species.
    Vet Pathol, 41(6): 695-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome and pulmonary hypertension: an unusual association.
    Cardiovasc Pathol, 13(6): 317-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Interventions to prevent skin cancer by reducing exposure to ultraviolet radiation: a systematic review.
    Am J Prev Med, 27(5): 422-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Acceptability and feasibility of a community-based screening programme for melanoma in Australia.
    Health Promot Int, 19(4): 437-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Genetic similarities between Spitz nevus and Spitzoid melanoma in children.
    Cancer, 101(11): 2636-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans.
    Cancer, 101(11): 2503-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Benign mixed tumour of the skin with extensive ossification and marrow formation: a case report.
    J Clin Pathol, 57(12): 1329-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Increased endothelial uptake of paclitaxel as a potential mechanism for its antiangiogenic effects: potentiation by Cox-2 inhibition.
    Int J Cancer, 113(3): 490-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Anthocyanin- and hydrolyzable tannin-rich pomegranate fruit extract modulates MAPK and NF-kappaB pathways and inhibits skin tumorigenesis in CD-1 mice.
    Int J Cancer, 113(3): 423-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Determining the asymmetry of skin lesion with fuzzy borders.
    Comput Biol Med, 35(2): 103-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Milia in regressing plaques of mycosis fungoides: provoked by topical nitrogen mustard or not?
    Int J Dermatol, 43(12): 953-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. The clinical appearance of clonal nevi (inverted type A nevi).
    Int J Dermatol, 43(12): 882-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Insight into the pathogenesis of sporadic basal cell carcinoma.
    Int J Dermatol, 43(12): 865-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Comparison between ultraviolet-visible and near-infrared elastic scattering spectroscopy of chemically induced melanomas in an animal model.
    J Biomed Opt, 9(6): 1320-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Design, testing, and clinical studies of a handheld polarized light camera.
    J Biomed Opt, 9(6): 1305-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Raman spectroscopy of in vivo cutaneous melanin.
    J Biomed Opt, 9(6): 1198-205. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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