Statistical evaluation of epiluminescence microscopy criteria in the differential diagnosis of malignant melanoma and pigmented basal cell carcinoma.

abstract：:Radioiodinated N-(2-(diethylamino)ethyl)benzamides have recently been discovered as selective agents for melanotic melanoma and are used for scintigraphic imaging in nuclear medicine. Owing to the high binding capacity, benzamide derivatives conjugated with alkylating cytostatics were synthesized and tested for their ...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Wolf M,Bauder-Wüst U,Mohammed A,Schönsiegel F,Mier W,Haberkorn U,Eisenhut M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant melanomas usually have an unfavourable prognosis and poor response to chemotherapy. Deregulation of cell proliferation, programmed cell death and intercellular interactions are among several important mechanisms that might lead to malignant transformation of melanocytes and melanoma progression. The S100A1, ...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Sviatoha V,Tani E,Kleina R,Sperga M,Skoog L

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell clones derived from a human melanoma metastasis selected for different integrin profiles were examined in vitro for invasive potential and biological and biochemical features potentially related to this process. Clones which expressed high levels of integrins showed high invasive potential, extracellular matrix d...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Supino R,Mapelli E,Sanfilippo O,Silvestro L

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two human melanoma tumour cell lines, one radiation resistant and one radiation sensitive, were studied for their capacity for repair of sublethal radiation damage (SLDR) and for hyperthermia inhibition of radiation damage. The most resistant cell line demonstrated a survival curve with a large shoulder and a large SL...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Raaphorst GP,Mao JP,Ng CE

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma patients frequently have elevated serum levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), which is correlated with a poor prognosis. IL-6 activates STAT3 phosphorylation, inducing the transcription of genes that regulate tumor cell proliferation and antiapoptosis. In addition, recent evidence suggests that IL-6 induces the epi...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Na YR,Lee JS,Lee SJ,Seok SH

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ipilimumab (anti-CTLA-4 antibody) is a new tool for the treatment of metastatic melanoma patients that has led to an improvement in survival rates worldwide. New types of toxicities have been described with ipilimumab called 'immune-related adverse events' or irAEs. Here, we report an acute and steroid resistant case ...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Pagès C,Gornet JM,Monsel G,Allez M,Bertheau P,Bagot M,Lebbé C,Viguier M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to present the epidemiological, clinicopathological, and treatment characteristics of patients diagnosed and treated in a tertiary referral center and to analyze independent factors associated with these characteristics. In this cohort study, epidemiological, clinicopathological, and treatmen...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Tsoutsos D,Papadopoulos S,Kehagias G,Mara A,Kyriopoulou E,Karonidis A,Spiliopoulos K,Mpalitsaris E,Karapiperis G,Panayotou P,Papaliodi E,Choreftaki T,Papaxoinis G,Benopoulou O,Ioannovich J,Gogas H

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative genomic hybridization was used to map copy number abnormalities in 48 short-term cell cultures established from different stages and types of human melanoma. A variety of random and non-random chromosomal alterations were detected, with gains within chromosomes 20q, 7q, 7p, 20p, 6p and 17q and losses in 9p...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Pirker C,Holzmann K,Spiegl-Kreinecker S,Elbling L,Thallinger C,Pehamberger H,Micksche M,Berger W

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ophthalmological complications constitute a class effect of treatment with BRAF inhibitors. Encorafenib is a new BRAF inhibitor currently being tested in phase 3 clinical trials for advanced or metastatic melanoma as monotherapy or in combination with the MEK-inhibitor binimetinib. In this study, we present a case of ...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Diamantopoulos PT,Stoungioti S,Anastasopoulou A,Papaxoinis G,Gogas H

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of eumelanin (EM) and pheomelanin (PM) of uveal melanoma cells have not been measured and compared with those of normal uveal melanocytes. EM and PM amounts in four immortal human uveal melanoma cell lines were measured by chemical degradation and microanalytical high-performance liquid chromatography and compa...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Hu DN,Wakamatsu K,Ito S,McCormick SA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 6 and 14% of malignant melanomas have been reported to occur in a familial pattern. In this study 785 melanoma patients from the Victorian Melanoma Service and the private practice of a dermatologist were assessed for the total number of melanocytic naevi, the number of dysplastic naevi and other clinical char...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Ang CG,Kelly JW,Fritschi L,Dowling JP

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 58-year-old man with indolent metastatic BRAF mutant melanoma presented with several days' history of progressive ataxia and dysdiadochokinesia. His PET/computed tomography restaging scan indicated two new fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose-avid mesenteric lymph nodes. Meanwhile, his MRI brain and whole spine were withi...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Lee SF,Atkinson V

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of 'vasculogenic mimicry' (VM) was introduced to describe the unique ability of highly invasive tumor cells to form capillary-like structures (CLS) and matrix-rich patterned network in three-dimensional culture that mimic embryonic vasculogenic network. Recently, we have shown that CLS formation requires a...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Vartanian AA,Burova OS,Stepanova EV,Baryshnikov AY,Lichinitser MR

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosinase is the key enzyme in melanin biosynthesis in pigmented cells. We transfected 9L rat glioma cells with human tyrosinase cDNA that had been cloned in a high expression vector. Stable transfectants were selected by their resistance to the antibiotic G418. More than a dozen G418-resistant clones were isolated a...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Singh MV,Jimbow K

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant melanoma is not only one of the most aggressive and lethal types of neoplasm, but its incidence in the general population is currently increasing at an alarming pace. It is interesting that most melanomas retain many of their characteristics of differentiation, including a dendritic nature and the production...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Tsukamoto K,Gersten DM,Law LW,Hearing VJ

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although pelvic computed tomography (CT) scans are frequently performed as a part of routine surveillance, the evidence for or against the routine use of these scans in patients with primary melanoma in the head and neck is weak. We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the value of pelvic CT scans as routine su...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Alvarado GC,Papadopoulos NE,Hwu WJ,Bedikian AY,Homsi J,Myers JN,Bronstein Y,Bassett RL,Hwu P,Kim KB

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uveal melanoma is a rare form of melanoma and the most frequent primary eye malignancy in adults. The major molecular alterations underlying uveal melanoma pathogenesis affect mainly the GNAQ, GNA11, SF3B1, and BAP1 genes. In this study, we somatically genotyped 31 Brazilian uveal melanomas for BRAF, GNA11, GNAQ, SF3B...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Sarubi HC,Pereira NB,Gomes CC,Gomez RS,Carmo ACM,Melo FM,Bastos-Rodrigues L,Pedrosa MS,Friedman E,De Marco L

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD8 T-cell infiltration of metastatic melanoma may be a useful biomarker for prediction of prognosis and response to therapy. The heterogeneous distribution of CD8 T cells within a single tumor, and across different tumors within a single patient, may complicate quantification of infiltration. However, the impact of h...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Obeid JM,Hu Y,Erdag G,Leick KM,Slingluff CL Jr

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rare case of transplacental-transmitted maternal melanoma to the placenta and foetus during the second pregnancy of a 28-year-old woman. She was aware of a greyish-brown nodular lesion on the right gluteus during her first pregnancy. On histological examination, this lesion resulted to be an amelanocitic...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Valenzano Menada M,Moioli M,Garaventa A,Nozza P,Foppiano M,Trimarchi N,Fulcheri E

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regression of metastatic melanoma is a rare event, and review of the literature reveals a total of 76 reported cases since 1866. The proposed mechanisms include immunologic, endocrine, inflammatory and metastatic tumour nutritional factors. We conclude from this review that although the precise mechanisms remain unkno...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Kalialis LV,Drzewiecki KT,Klyver H

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staging of melanoma patients by means of whole body functional imaging in a single evaluation session using positron emission tomography (PET) with fluorine-18- labelled deoxy-d-glucose (FDG) as a metabolic tracer has created much interest over the last decade. After enthusiastic pilot studies, more attention has been...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Stas M,Stroobants S,Dupont P,Gysen M,Hoe LV,Garmyn M,Mortelmans L,Wever ID

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A vaccine that could expand melanoma-specific T cells might reduce the risk of recurrence of resected melanoma and could provide an alternative or adjunct to standard immunotherapy options. We tested the safety and immunogenicity of a vaccine coupling a melanoma-associated peptide with a xenogenic peptide (to promote ...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Block MS,Nevala WK,Pang YP,Allred JB,Strand C,Markovic SN

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the mechanisms by which insulin regulates proliferation, we have compared wild-type Cloudman melanoma cells, whose growth in inhibited by insulin (insinh) to variant lines that were genetically selected for resistance to insulin (insres). Scatchard analysis of insulin binding to five insres) lines and six ins...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Slominski A,McNeely T,Pawelek J

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the diagnostic value of ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy (US-CNB) in suspected cases of lymph node metastasis from cutaneous melanoma. All patients with cutaneous melanoma followed in Saint-Louis Hospital between 2006 and 2010 who underwent US-CNB for suspicion of melanoma lymph node metastasis were...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Bohelay G,Battistella M,Pagès C,de Margerie-Mellon C,Basset-Seguin N,Viguier M,Kerob D,Madjlessi N,Baccard M,Archimbaud A,Comte C,Mourah S,Porcher R,Bagot M,Janin A,De Kerviler E,Lebbé C

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of selective incorporation of thiourea into melanotic melanoma was investigated by model experiments in which the effect of the compound was examined at various stages of melanogenesis in vitro. Up to 50% inhibition of dopachrome formation was observed in the tyrosinase-dopa reaction in the presence of t...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Palumbo A,Mårs U,De Martino L,d'Ischia M,Napolitano A,Larsson BS,Prota G

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galectin-9, a β-galactoside-binding protein, is defined as a negative regulator of T helper 1 (Th1) immune responses, favoring Th2 bias. Systemic immunity in patients with metastatic melanoma is predominantly Th2 biased. We hypothesized that galectin-9 can modulate systemic immunity toward Th2 polarization in patients...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Enninga EA,Nevala WK,Holtan SG,Leontovich AA,Markovic SN

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of cancer in pregnant women is not a common phenomenon and the real incidence of malignant melanoma during this period is unknown. Many authors reported a poor prognosis in pregnant women with melanoma compared with non-pregnant women's tumour. Several retrospective reviews reported a worsened prognosis...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Silipo V,De Simone P,Mariani G,Buccini P,Ferrari A,Catricala C

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melan-A is widely used in the diagnostics of human melanoma. The immunogenicity of this glycoprotein makes it a potential target in immunotherapy and several authors have suggested its potential as a prognostic factor. Up to now there has been no clear direct evidence of changes of Melan-A expression during the progre...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Sztramska A,Dymerska D,Chwirot BW

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous in vivo studies indicated that a phenolic thioether amine (PTEA), 4-S-cysteaminylphenol (CAP), selectively disintegrates melanocytes of black hair and skin, and inhibits the growth of murine and human malignant melanomas. To elucidate the mechanism of the in vivo melanocytotoxicity and anti-melanoma effec...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Yamada K,Jimbow K

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate staging of patients with primary cutaneous melanoma includes assessment of regional lymph nodes for the presence of micrometastatic disease. Sentinel lymph node biopsy is highly accurate but is an invasive surgical procedure with a 5-10% complication rate, and requires labour-intensive and expensive histologi...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Lean CL,Bourne R,Thompson JF,Scolyer RA,Stretch J,Li LX,Russell P,Mountford C

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00