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 4 (2007), Issue 4 (April)

1. Genetic study of familial uveal melanoma: association of uveal and cutaneous melanoma with cutaneous and ocular nevi.
   Ophthalmology, 114(4): 774-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. The association between residential pesticide use and cutaneous melanoma.
   Eur J Cancer, 43(6): 1066-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. The increased expression of Y box-binding protein 1 in melanoma stimulates proliferation and tumor invasion, antagonizes apoptosis and enhances chemoresistance.
   Int J Cancer, 120(10): 2110-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Objective and subjective stressors and the psychological adjustment of melanoma survivors.
   Psychooncology, 16(4): 287-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. c-Met is a potentially new therapeutic target for treatment of human melanoma.
   Clin Cancer Res, 13(7): 2246-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Utility of circulating B-RAF DNA mutation in serum for monitoring melanoma patients receiving biochemotherapy.
   Clin Cancer Res, 13(7): 2068-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Relationship between human herpesvirus 8 loads and disease stage in classic Kaposi sarcoma patients.
   Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 57(4): 387-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Sentinel lymph node biopsy for high risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: case series and review of the literature.
   Eur J Surg Oncol, 33(3): 364-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma presenting with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and skin lesions with characteristic high-resolution ultrasonographic findings.
   Clin Rheumatol, 26(5): 775-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Intratumoral injection of dendritic cells in combination with local hyperthermia induces systemic antitumor effect in patients with advanced melanoma.
    Int J Cancer, 120(11): 2418-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Silibinin inhibits inflammatory and angiogenic attributes in photocarcinogenesis in SKH-1 hairless mice.
    Cancer Res, 67(7): 3483-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. A high-throughput study in melanoma identifies epithelial-mesenchymal transition as a major determinant of metastasis.
    Cancer Res, 67(7): 3450-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Dual role of inactivating Lef1 mutations in epidermis: tumor promotion and specification of tumor type.
    Cancer Res, 67(7): 2916-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans with atrophic appearance at early stage of the tumor.
    J Dermatol, 34(5): 336-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Transverse twist flap for lip reconstruction in patient with lentigo maligna of the labial mucosa.
    J Dermatol, 34(5): 333-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Gender differences in UVB-induced skin carcinogenesis, inflammation, and DNA damage.
    Cancer Res, 67(7): 3468-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Long-term results of hyperthermic, isolated limb perfusion for melanoma: a reflection of tumor biology.
    Ann Surg, 245(4): 591-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Cutaneous balloon cell dermatofibroma (fibrous histiocytoma).
    Am J Dermatopathol, 29(2): 197-200. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Cutaneous epithelioid angioleiomyoma with clear-cell change.
    Am J Dermatopathol, 29(2): 190-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Abundant eosinophil infiltration in a neurofibroma.
    Am J Dermatopathol, 29(2): 187-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Cutaneous involvement with Burkitt-like lymphoma.
    Am J Dermatopathol, 29(2): 184-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Merkel cell tumor in a trichilemmal cyst: collision or association?
    Am J Dermatopathol, 29(2): 180-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. A metastatic melanoma with an unusual immunophenotypic profile.
    Am J Dermatopathol, 29(2): 169-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Unusual benign myxoid nerve sheath lesion: myxoid palisaded encapsulated neuroma (PEN) or nerve sheath myxoma with PEN/PEN-like features?
    Am J Dermatopathol, 29(2): 160-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Cutaneous malignant ossifying fibromyxoid tumor.
    Am J Dermatopathol, 29(2): 156-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Unna's and Miescher's nevi: two different types of intradermal nevus: hypothesis concerning their histogenesis.
    Am J Dermatopathol, 29(2): 141-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Melanocytic nevi with nonsurgical trauma: a histopathologic study.
    Am J Dermatopathol, 29(2): 134-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Pretreatment levels of sTNF-R1 and sIL-6R are associated with a higher vulnerability for IFN-alpha-induced depressive symptoms in patients with malignant melanoma.
    J Immunother (1997), 30(3): 333-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. CDKN2A (INK4A-ARF) mutation analysis to distinguish cutaneous melanoma metastasis from a second primary melanoma.
    Am J Surg Pathol, 31(4): 637-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Electrochemotherapy of Mycosis fungoides by interferon-alpha.
    Bioelectrochemistry, 70(2): 283-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Melanoma in children and teenagers: an analysis of patients from the National Cancer Data Base.
    J Clin Oncol, 25(11): 1363-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Induction of the phase 2 response in mouse and human skin by sulforaphane-containing broccoli sprout extracts.
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 16(4): 847-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. 2D-autocorrelation descriptors for predicting cytotoxicity of naphthoquinone ester derivatives against oral human epidermoid carcinoma.
    Bioorg Med Chem, 15(10): 3565-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Catheter-tract metastases associated with chronic indwelling pleural catheters.
    Chest, 131(4): 1232-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Fibroblast growth factor-2-induced host stroma reaction during initial tumor growth promotes progression of mouse melanoma via vascular endothelial growth factor A-dependent neovascularization.
    Cancer Sci, 98(4): 541-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Polymorphisms in the DNA repair gene XRCC1 associated with basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin in a Korean population.
    Cancer Sci, 98(5): 716-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Prevalence of human papillomavirus in skin tumors from repair deficient xeroderma pigmentosum patients.
    Cancer Lett, 250(2): 213-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Analysis of 602 Chinese cases of nevus of Ota and the treatment results treated by Q-switched alexandrite laser.
    Dermatol Surg, 33(4): 455-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. 5% 5-Fluorouracil cream for the treatment of small superficial Basal cell carcinoma: efficacy, tolerability, cosmetic outcome, and patient satisfaction.
    Dermatol Surg, 33(4): 433-9; discussion 440. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Treatment of Bowen's disease with topical 5% imiquimod cream: retrospective study.
    Dermatol Surg, 33(4): 427-31; discussion 431-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Correlation of thickness of basal cell carcinoma by optical coherence tomography in vivo and routine histologic findings: a pilot study.
    Dermatol Surg, 33(4): 421-5; discussion 425-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Mohs surgery for the treatment of melanoma in situ: a review.
    Dermatol Surg, 33(4): 395-402. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Sentinel node staging of primary melanoma by the "10% rule": pathology and clinical outcomes.
    Am J Surg, 193(5): 618-22; discussion 622. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Eruptive latent metastatic melanomas after initiation of antitumor necrosis factor therapies.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 56(5): S65-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Merkel cell carcinoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (collision tumor) of the arm: a diagnosis by fine-needle aspiration biopsy.
    Diagn Cytopathol, 35(5): 293-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Single fraction radiotherapy for small superficial carcinoma of the skin.
    Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol), 19(4): 256-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Malignant transformation of DMBA/TPA-induced papillomas and nevi in the skin of mice selectively lacking retinoid-X-receptor alpha in epidermal keratinocytes.
    J Invest Dermatol, 127(5): 1250-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. CDKN2A germline mutations in individuals with cutaneous malignant melanoma.
    J Invest Dermatol, 127(5): 1234-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Protective effect of hyperpigmented skin on UV-mediated cutaneous cancer development.
    J Invest Dermatol, 127(5): 1244-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Age distribution of biopsied junctional nevi.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 56(5): 825-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Cell cycle and apoptosis regulators in Spitz nevi: comparison with melanomas and common nevi.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 56(5): 815-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Basal cell carcinoma of the nail unit.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 56(5): 811-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Treatment of a patient with epidermodysplasia verruciformis carrying a novel EVER2 mutation with imiquimod.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 56(5): 882-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Primary mucosal melanoma.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 56(5): 828-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Association between the anatomic distribution of melanoma and sex.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 56(5): 768-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic accuracy of three dermoscopic algorithmic methods in the diagnosis of doubtful melanocytic lesions: the importance of light brown structureless areas in differentiating atypical melanocytic nevi from thin melanomas.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 56(5): 759-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Treatment of extensive cutaneous metastatic melanoma with topical diphencyprone.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 56(5): 869-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. From sporadic atypical nevi to familial melanoma: risk analysis for melanoma in sporadic atypical nevus patients.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 56(5): 748-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Spitz nevus versus malignant melanoma: spitz nevi predominate on the thighs in patients younger than 40 years of age, melanomas on the trunk in patients 40 years of age or older.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 56(5): 753-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Tea consumption and basal cell and squamous cell skin cancer: results of a case-control study.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 56(5): 781-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Multiple melanomas after treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma in a non-Dutch p16-Leiden mutation carrier with 2 MC1R high-risk variants.
    Arch Dermatol, 143(4): 495-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Melanoma outcomes for Medicare patients: association of stage and survival with detection by a dermatologist vs a nondermatologist.
    Arch Dermatol, 143(4): 488-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Store-and-forward teledermatology in skin cancer triage: experience and evaluation of 2009 teleconsultations.
    Arch Dermatol, 143(4): 479-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. The expression pattern of prostaglandin E synthase and EP receptor isoforms in normal mouse skin and preinvasive skin neoplasms.
    Exp Dermatol, 16(5): 445-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. A case of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome that manifested in the course of basal cell carcinoma.
    Mod Rheumatol, 17(2): 153-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Pacman flap method.
    Plast Reconstr Surg, 119(6): 1799-802. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Microscopic margins and results of surgery for dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans.
    Plast Reconstr Surg, 119(6): 1779-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Multispectral imaging and artificial neural network: mimicking the management decision of the clinician facing pigmented skin lesions.
    Phys Med Biol, 52(9): 2599-613. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Tumor necrosis factor receptor 1/c-Jun-NH2-kinase signaling promotes human neoplasia.
    Cancer Res, 67(8): 3827-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Interleukin-12 deficiency is permissive for angiogenesis in UV radiation-induced skin tumors.
    Cancer Res, 67(8): 3785-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. CD4+/CD56+ hematodermic tumor: the features of an evolving entity and its relationship to dendritic cells.
    Am J Clin Pathol, 127(5): 687-700. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Cutaneous T-cell and NK-cell lymphomas: the WHO-EORTC classification and the increasing recognition of specialized tumor types.
    Am J Clin Pathol, 127(5): 670-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Characterizing tumor-promoting T cells in chemically induced cutaneous carcinogenesis.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 104(16): 6770-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Topical agents and dressings for fungating wounds.
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. Toward a molecular classification of melanoma.
    J Clin Oncol, 25(12): 1606-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Sentinel lymph node molecular ultrastaging in patients with melanoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prognosis.
    J Clin Oncol, 25(12): 1588-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Pretreatment levels of peripheral neutrophils and leukocytes as independent predictors of overall survival in patients with American Joint Committee on Cancer Stage IV Melanoma: results of the EORTC 18951 Biochemotherapy Trial.
    J Clin Oncol, 25(12): 1562-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. "Composite graft": a simple option for nasal lining.
    Int J Dermatol, 46(4): 417-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. Dermatoscopy of pigmented actinic keratosis--a striking similarity to lentigo maligna.
    Int J Dermatol, 46(4): 414-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Spectrophotometric intracutaneous analysis in the diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma: a pilot study.
    Int J Dermatol, 46(4): 371-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. The purse-string suture revisited: a useful technique for the closure of cutaneous surgical wounds.
    Int J Dermatol, 46(4): 341-247. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. Eccrine porocarcinoma: a case with an obscure primary tumor diagnosed from lymph node metastasis.
    Am J Dermatopathol, 29(2): 176-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. Melanoma, long wavelength ultraviolet and sunscreens: controversies and potential resolutions.
    Pharmacol Ther, 114(2): 198-207. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. Reclassification of 300 primary cutaneous B-Cell lymphomas according to the new WHO-EORTC classification for cutaneous lymphomas: comparison with previous classifications and identification of prognostic markers.
    J Clin Oncol, 25(12): 1581-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. Fourier transform infrared imaging as a method for detection of HLA class I expression in melanoma without the use of antibody.
    Tissue Antigens, 69: 252-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. HLA expression and cancer--14th IHIWS immunohistochemistry quality control exercise exchange results.
    Tissue Antigens, 69: 248-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. High-resolution MRI of basal cell carcinomas of the face using a microscopy coil.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 188(5): W480-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. Primary chondroid melanoma of the nasal skin: a rare melanoma variant at a previously undocumented site.
    J Cutan Pathol, 34(5): 427-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
89. Aggressive osteogenic desmoplastic melanoma: a case report.
    J Cutan Pathol, 34(5): 423-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
90. Melanoma associated with a dermatofibroma.
    J Cutan Pathol, 34(5): 420-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
91. Immunohistochemical staining of CD10 in atypical fibroxanthomas.
    J Cutan Pathol, 34(5): 415-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
92. Primary cutaneous neuroendocrine cell carcinoma (Merkel cell carcinoma) with prominent microcystic features, mimicking eccrine carcinoma.
    J Cutan Pathol, 34(5): 410-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
93. Pustulo-ovoid bodies of Milian in granular cell tumors.
    J Cutan Pathol, 34(5): 405-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
94. Cutaneous clear-cell granular cell tumors: the histologic description of an unusual variant.
    J Cutan Pathol, 34(5): 397-404. [Abstract] [Full-text]
95. Renal cell carcinoma marker (RCC-Ma) is specific for cutaneous metastasis of renal cell carcinoma.
    J Cutan Pathol, 34(5): 381-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
96. Displacement of dermal solar elastosis in malignant melanoma.
    J Cutan Pathol, 34(5): 376-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
97. Nestin expression in cutaneous melanomas and melanocytic nevi.
    J Cutan Pathol, 34(5): 370-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
98. Atypical nevi of the scalp in adolescents.
    J Cutan Pathol, 34(5): 365-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
99. A leg ulcer as manifestation of metastatic squamous cell vaginal carcinoma.
    J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol, 21(5): 678-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
100. Comparison of metallothionein-overexpression with sentinel lymph node biopsy as prognostic factors in melanoma.
     J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol, 21(5): 669-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
101. A confusing world: what to call histology of three-dimensional tumour margins?
     J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol, 21(5): 591-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
102. Dihydrolipoic acid inhibits skin tumor promotion through anti-inflammation and anti-oxidation.
     Biochem Pharmacol, 73(11): 1786-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
103. Green tea and skin cancer: photoimmunology, angiogenesis and DNA repair.
     J Nutr Biochem, 18(5): 287-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
104. [6]-Gingerol prevents UVB-induced ROS production and COX-2 expression in vitro and in vivo.
     Free Radic Res, 41(5): 603-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
105. Freestyle perforator-based V-Y advancement flap for reconstruction of soft tissue defects at various anatomic regions.
     Ann Plast Surg, 58(5): 501-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
106. Electronic templates versus dictation for the completion of Mohs micrographic surgery operative notes.
     Dermatol Surg, 33(5): 588-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
107. Surgical excision versus curettage plus cryosurgery in the treatment of basal cell carcinoma.
     Dermatol Surg, 33(5): 579-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
108. p53 codon 72 polymorphism, DNA damage and repair, and risk of non-melanoma skin cancer.
     Mutat Res, 619(1): 38-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
109. Iris cavernous hemangioma associated with multiple cavernous hemangiomas in the kidney, brain, and skin.
     Cornea, 26(4): 481-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
110. Use of proliferation signal inhibitors in non-melanoma skin cancer following renal transplantation.
     Nephrol Dial Transplant, 22: i23-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
111. Granulomatous slack skin with a translocation t(3;9)(q12;p24).
     Am J Surg Pathol, 31(5): 803-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
112. DNA repair gene polymorphisms and genetic predisposition to cutaneous melanoma.
     Carcinogenesis, 28(5): 1087-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
113. Small numbers of residual tumor cells at the site of primary inoculation are critical for anti-tumor immunity following challenge at a secondary location.
     Cancer Immunol Immunother, 56(7): 1119-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
114. Extramammary Paget's disease of the axilla: an unusual case.
     Breast J, 13(3): 291-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
115. Is 2,3,5-pyrroletricarboxylic acid in hair a better risk indicator for melanoma than traditional epidemiologic measures for skin phenotype?
     Am J Epidemiol, 165(10): 1170-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
116. The relation between patterns of vacation sun exposure and the development of acquired melanocytic nevi in German children 6-7 years of age.
     Am J Epidemiol, 165(10): 1162-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
117. Merkel cell carcinoma of the foot: case report and review of the literature.
     J Foot Ankle Surg, 46(3): 196-200. [Abstract] [Full-text]
118. Precancerous lesions upon sporadic activation of beta-catenin in mice.
     Gastroenterology, 132(4): 1299-308. [Abstract] [Full-text]
119. Clinical, histopathological and immunophenotypical findings in five horses with cutaneous malignant lymphoma.
     Res Vet Sci, 83(1): 63-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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