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 3 (2006), Issue 4 (April)

1. HLA-B8 association with late-stage melanoma--an immunological lesson?
   BMC Med, 4: 5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Sun protection practices among offspring of women with personal or family history of skin cancer.
   Pediatrics, 117(4): e688-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Gene expression profiling of primary cutaneous melanoma and clinical outcome.
   J Natl Cancer Inst, 98(7): 472-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. A novel Bcl-x splice product, Bcl-xAK, triggers apoptosis in human melanoma cells without BH3 domain.
   Oncogene, 25(15): 2160-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Quantitative PCR on 5 genes reliably identifies CTCL patients with 5% to 99% circulating tumor cells with 90% accuracy.
   Blood, 107(8): 3189-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Treatment with taxanes of refractory or life-threatening Kaposi sarcoma not associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
   Cancer, 106(8): 1785-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Population exposure to ultraviolet radiation in Finland 1920-1995: Exposure trends and a time-series analysis of exposure and cutaneous melanoma incidence.
   Environ Res, 101(1): 123-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Recent tanning bed use: a risk factor for melanoma.
   Arch Dermatol, 142(4): 485-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Morphologic changes of acquired melanocytic nevi with eccentric foci of hyperpigmentation ("Bolognia sign") assessed by dermoscopy.
   Arch Dermatol, 142(4): 479-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Tissue microarray analysis of methylthioadenosine phosphorylase protein expression in melanocytic skin tumors.
    Arch Dermatol, 142(4): 471-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Indoor tanning attitudes and practices of US dermatologists compared with other medical specialists.
    Arch Dermatol, 142(4): 465-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. UV tanning advertisements in high school newspapers.
    Arch Dermatol, 142(4): 460-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Skills training to learn discrimination of ABCDE criteria by those at risk of developing melanoma.
    Arch Dermatol, 142(4): 447-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Skin cancer examination teaching in US medical education.
    Arch Dermatol, 142(4): 439-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Multiple primary melanoma: two-year results from a population-based study.
    Arch Dermatol, 142(4): 433-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Results from an observational trial: digital epiluminescence microscopy follow-up of atypical nevi increases the sensitivity and the chance of success of conventional dermoscopy in detecting melanoma.
    J Invest Dermatol, 126(5): 980-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Absence of classical MAP kinase pathway signalling in Merkel cell carcinoma.
    J Invest Dermatol, 126(5): 1135-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Allelic loss at Drosophila patched gene is highly prevalent in Basal and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin.
    J Invest Dermatol, 126(5): 1152-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Dermoscopy improves accuracy of primary care physicians to triage lesions suggestive of skin cancer.
    J Clin Oncol, 24(12): 1877-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Primary cutaneous paraganglioma of the scalp.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 54(5): S220-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Conjugal transformed mycosis fungoides: the unknown role of viral infection and environmental exposures in the development of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 54(5): S202-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Minimal residual disease in hypopigmented mycosis fungoides.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 54(5): S198-201. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Extranodal nasal-type natural killer T-cell lymphoma in an adolescent from Bangladesh.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 54(5): S192-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Cytoplasmic melanoma-associated antigen (CYT-MAA) serum level in patients with melanoma: a potential marker of response to immunotherapy?
    Int J Cancer, 119(1): 157-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Presentation and detection of invasive melanoma in a high-risk population.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 54(5): 783-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. A retrospective cohort study of Southeast Asian patients with large congenital melanocytic nevi and the risk of melanoma development.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 54(5): 778-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Large or multiple congenital melanocytic nevi: occurrence of neurocutaneous melanocytosis in 1008 persons.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 54(5): 767-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Evaluation of the kinase domain of c-KIT in canine cutaneous mast cell tumors.
    BMC Cancer, 6: 85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Reconstruction following radical resection of recurrent metastatic axillary melanoma.
    Plast Reconstr Surg, 117(5): 1576-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Subsequent skin cancers in kidney and heart transplant recipients after the first squamous cell carcinoma.
    Transplantation, 81(8): 1093-100. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Prognostic value of angiogenesis evaluated with high-frequency and colour Doppler sonography for preoperative assessment of primary cutaneous melanomas: correlation with recurrence after a 5 year follow-up period.
    Cancer Imaging, 6: 24-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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