abstract：:Electrochemotherapy (ECT), chemotherapy administered in combination with electric fields, has the potential to be an effective localized treatment for cutaneous malignancies. Bleomycin's cytotoxicity was enhanced by exposing tumour cells to electrical fields following intravenous injection of the chemotherapeutic agen...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Heller R,Jaroszeski M,Perrott R,Messina J,Gilbert R

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrochemotherapy has been demonstrated to be an effective treatment for cutaneous cancers. The treatment includes administering a chemotherapeutic agent followed by electric pulses which are applied directly to the tumour. The pulses facilitate delivery of drug through the plasma membrane. Enhanced delivery is rest...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Jaroszeski MJ,Gilbert R,Perrott R,Heller R

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preoperative assessment of melanoma invasion by sonometry has been reported to exhibit a high correlation with postoperative histometry based on the determination of a regression coefficient. We believe that this approach is not adequate and that it can be misleading. We therefore applied an appropriate statistical ap...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Partsch B,Binder M,Püspök-Schwarz M,Wolff K,Pehamberger H

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-8 (IL-8) is a cytokine that is thought to promote melanoma tumour progression. We evaluated and adapted a non-radioactive, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction method for semiquantitative analysis of IL-8 mRNA expression. Using this technique we studied the regulation of IL-8 levels in the melan...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Möhler T,Scheibenbogen C,Häfele J,Willhauck M,Keilholz U

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion (ILP) with melphalan is well established as an effective form of treatment for recurrent melanoma confined to an extremity. High drug concentrations in the limb are readily achieved, without systemic side-effects. However, regional toxicity can lead to considerable morbidity and fu...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Thompson JF,Eksborg S,Kam PC,Ingvar C,Yau DF,Lai DT,Ramzan I

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of expression of E-cadherin, the major cell-cell adhesion receptor on keratinocytes, has been linked to tumour progression in various carcinomas. As E-cadherin has been reported to be expressed in cultured human melanocytes, we questioned whether loss of E-cadherin expression may also be related to melanocytic tu...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Danen EH,de Vries TJ,Morandini R,Ghanem GG,Ruiter DJ,van Muijen GN

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proto-oncogene c-Kit encodes a membrane receptor protein with intrinsic tyrosine kinase activity. Activation of c-Kit induces cell proliferation, differentiation or migration among different cell types. The present study provides evidence that c-Kit plays an important role in the cell differentiation rather than i...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Luo D,Chen H,Searles G,Jimbow K

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on cytogenetic abnormalities and cell lines have implicated chromosome 1p32 as being important in the pathogenesis of melanoma. Genetic linkage studies have also mapped a melanoma-susceptibility locus to chromosome 1p. The gene TAL1 is present on chromosome 1p32, and deletions within it are the commonest chrom...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Chetty R,Cerroni L,Pulford K,Giatromanolaki A,Biddolph S,Kaklamanis L,Gatter K

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paraffin-embedded tissue from the primary tumours of 116 patients with malignant melanoma, and in 40 cases also from corresponding metastases, were examined for accumulation of p53 protein. The fraction of tumours with positive p53 immunostaining was 13% in the least invasive and 36% in the most invasive primary lesio...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Flørenes VA,Holm R,Fodstad O

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma associated with the presence of ovulatory abnormalities and with the use of ovulation-inducing agents (such as clomiphene citrate) in a cohort of 3,837 women evaluated at infertility clinics in Seattle, WA, between 1974 and 1985. Computer linkage with a population-b...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Rossing MA,Daling JR,Weiss NS,Moore DE,Self SG

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphoscintigraphy (LS) has been performed for 8 years in patients of the Sydney Melanoma Unit, to define lymphatic drainage patterns. Over the past 2 years, LS has also been used to locate the sentinel lymph node prior to surgery. Our technique for LS and subsequent sentinel node biopsy has an accuracy of 97%. All se...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Uren RF,Howman-Giles R,Thompson JF,Shaw HM,Quinn MJ,O'Brien CJ,McCarthy WH

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recreational exposure to the sun may not explain fully current trends in melanoma incidence. The hypothesis was examined whether carcinogens in water play a role in the development of cutaneous melanoma. In a case-control study, 128 melanoma patients and 168 patients with other types of malignancy completed a detailed...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Nelemans PJ,Rampen FH,Groenendal H,Kiemeney LA,Ruiter DJ,Verbeek AL

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to define the role of plasminogen activator in invasiveness and differentiation of human melanoma cells, the modulation of these parameters was studied in two melanoma clones characterized by marked differences in their basal features, using 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) and retinoic acid, ...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Supino R,Cecchi C,Mapelli E,Sanfilippo O

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：:This study addressed the impact of exposure to ultraviolet radiation on the risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM), as well as the behavioral components at stake in its occurrence. We performed a one-to-one unmatched case-control study among subjects aged 20 years or more with naturally non-pigmented skin in Germa...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Autier P,Doré JF,Lejeune F,Koelmel KF,Geffeler O,Hille P,Cesarini JP,Liénard D,Liabeuf A,Joarlette M

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1983 and 1992, 21 patients with extremity stage IIIA or IIIAB melanoma underwent hyperthermic isolation limb perfusion (HILP) with cisplatin in dosages varying from 26 to 237 mg/m2 as part of a pharmacokinetics and maximum-tolerated dose study. Extremity temperatures were up to 40 degrees C and the pH was cont...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Fletcher WS,Pommier R,Small K

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to determine the effect of oral melatonin in divided doses on plasma melatonin levels in patients with metastatic melanoma. Hourly blood samples were obtained from five patients for 24 h prior to melatonin administration and for 24 h during oral administration of melatonin, 50 mg every 4 h. ...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Kane MA,Johnson A,Nash AE,Boose D,Mathai G,Balmer C,Yohn JJ,Robinson WA

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both in vitro and in vivo observations have suggested that melatonin modulates malignant cell growth. The present studies aimed to characterize the interactions of melatonin with cultured murine B16 melanoma cells. Time- and temperature-dependent specific melatonin accumulation by B16 murine melanoma cells was observe...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Helton RA,Harrison WA,Kelley K,Kane MA

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell surface glycoprotein MUC18 was originally identified as a progression associated antigen in melanoma. MUC18 is expressed most strongly on metastatic lesions and advanced primary tumours and is only rarely detected in benign lesions. cDNA cloning revealed MUC18 to be a novel member of the immunoglobulin superf...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Johnson JP,Rothbächer U,Sers C

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial atypical multiple mole-melanoma (FAMMM) syndrome is characterized by the familial occurrence of malignant melanoma of the skin in combination with multiple atypical precursor naevi. In the present study we performed linkage analysis in seven Dutch FAMMM families to define the relationship between the ultimate...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Gruis NA,Sandkuijl LA,Weber JL,van der Zee A,Borgstein AM,Bergman W,Frants RR

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the effects of in vivo treatment with interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) on melanoma antigens, a clinical EORTC trial (No. 18852) was accompanied by an immunohistological study. Twenty patients with melanoma metastases of skin and soft tissues, eventually also of the lung, who were treated with syste...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： von Stamm U,Bröcker EB,von Depka Prondzinski M,Ruiter DJ,Rümke P,Broding C,Carrel S,Lejeune FJ

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The EORTC Melanoma Cooperative Group conducted a phase II trial (study number 18891) to study the effect of Toremifene in 45 patients with advanced, metastatic melanoma. Male and female patients, median age 61 (range 23-88) years received a mean total dose of 11 g (4.3-62.6) orally for at least 6 weeks. No objective r...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Kleeberg UR,Engel E,Bröcker EB,Avril F,Israels P,Weiss J,Kangas L,van Glabbeke M,Lentz MA

更新日期：1993-04-01 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：:Cell free extracts from metastases of human melanoma contain a highly active ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase (RR) which uses guanosine diphosphate (GDP) as substrate and deoxythymidine triphosphate (dTTP) as effector. No activity could be detected in these extracts when cytidine diphosphate (CDP) was used as the ...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Schallreuter KU,Elgren TE,Nelson LS Jr,MacFarlan S,Yan-Sze I,Hogenkamp HP

更新日期：1992-12-01 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：:Results obtained using a computerized image analysis system as an aid to clinical diagnosis of melanoma are reported. The system comprises a colour television camera connected through a digitizing board to a 386 personal computer. By means of original algorithms able to measure the shape, the colours and texture of a ...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Cascinelli N,Ferrario M,Bufalino R,Zurrida S,Galimberti V,Mascheroni L,Bartoli C,Clemente C

更新日期：1992-09-01 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：:An inactive cathepsin B-like enzyme with a molecular mass of 40 kD was found in a human melanoma culture medium. The inactive form of this enzyme was converted into an active form with a molecular mass of 28 kD by pepsin treatment. This activated cathepsin B-like enzyme had almost the same characteristics regarding mo...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Tsushima H,Hyodoh F,Yoshida E,Ueki A,Hopsu-Havu VK

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Between 1983 and 1990, 59 patients with malignant melanoma were retrospectively reviewed to assess the safety, efficacy and the maximal tolerated dose of cisplatin used in hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion. The median follow-up was 29 months (range 3-54 months). The local recurrence rate was 12% in Stage I, 33% in ...

journal_title：Melanoma research

authors： Hajarizadeh H,Mueller CR,Woltering EA,Small K,Fletcher WS

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00