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Dermatologic Best Practices for Manicures and Nail Care: A Systematic Review

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Manicure and pedicure procedures are widely viewed as benign cosmetic practices, yet emerging evidence links them to various dermatologic complications, including dermatitis, infection, photodamage and, in rare cases, cutaneous malignancy.
Nivetha Aravind, Olivia Burke, Brian W. Morrison   +2 more
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Clear Cell Sarcoma of the Knee. A Report of Two Rare Cases [PDF]

Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 2011
Clear cell sarcoma of soft tissue is a rare type of soft tissue sarcoma. It is derived from melanoblast-like cells located within subcutaneous tissue, tendon and aponeuroses.
ZA Ibrahim, KL Pan, PS Shanmugam
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Prognostic impact of p62 expression in cutaneous malignant melanoma

Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2013
Accumulating evidence suggests autophagy, the principle catabolic process for lysosomal degradation of surplus macromolecules (Roy and Debnath 2010) is fundamental to tumourigenesis.
R. Ellis, S. Horswell, T. Ness, J. Lumsdon, S. Tooze, N. Kirkham, J. Armstrong, P. Lovat   +7 more
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Malignancy without immortality? Cellular immortalization as a possible late event in melanoma progression

, 2011
P>Cell senescence is a permanent growth arrest following extended proliferation. Cultured cancer cells including metastatic melanoma cells often appear immortal (proliferate indefinitely), while uncultured benign nevi (moles) show senescence markers ...
Marais, R., Marais, R, Bennett, DC, Julia K. Soo, Chow, J, Hill, L, Chow, J., Ross, ADM, W. Nicol Keith, MacKenzie Ross, A.D., Hossain, M., Bennett, D.C., Heung Chong, W, Hoare, S, Mehnaz Hossain, Soo, JK, Dorothy C. Bennett, Rebecca S. Collinson, Carla Milagre, Milagre, C., David M. Kallenberg, Lucy Hill, Collinson, RS, Mackenzie Ross, AD, Hill, L., Chong, WH, Richard Marais, Kallenberg, DM, Soo, J.K., Jade Chow, Keith, W.N., Hossain, M, Heung Chong, W., Hoare, S., Stacey Hoare, Kallenberg, D.M., Milagre, C, W. Heung Chong, Collinson, R.S., Keith, WN, Alastair D. MacKenzie Ross   +40 more
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Cutaneous Pigmentary Changes During Setmelanotide Therapy: Dermoscopic and Confocal Findings in Two Patients

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Setmelanotide is a melanocortin‐4 receptor agonist approved for the treatment of rare forms of genetic obesity. Through off‐target activation of the melanocortin‐1 receptor, it may induce cutaneous pigmentation changes; however, data regarding its effects on melanocytic nevi remain limited.
Martina Cavicchi, Claudia Lasagni, Silvana Ciardo, Francesca Giusti, Albino Eccher, Caterina Longo   +5 more
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Malignant Melanoma with Concurrent BRAF E586K and NRAS Q81K Mutations

Case Reports in Oncology, 2014
Cutaneous melanoma is an aggressive malignant tumor of melanocytes which accounts for 80% of skin cancer-related deaths. A number of driver mutations have been identified in melanoma, with the mutually exclusive BRAF V600E and NRAS Q61A mutations ...
Rodney Shackelford, Maressa Pollen, Moise Vora, Tamara T. Jusion, James Cotelingam, Binu Nair   +5 more
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Melanoma cutânea primário: características epidemiológicas no Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina netre janeiro de 1998 e julho de 2004 [PDF]

, 2004
Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Curso de Medicina.
José, Raquel Ferreira
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Identification of human papillomavirus DNA in cutaneous lesions of Cowden syndrome [PDF]

, 2003
Background: Cowden syndrome (CS) or multiple hamartoma syndrome is a cancer-associated genodermatosis inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. One of the diagnostic criteria is facial papules which are felt to be trichilemmomas, benign hair follicle ...
Schaller, Jörg, Burgdorf, Walter H. C., Rohwedder, A., Lautenschlager, Stephan, Itin, Peter H.   +4 more
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Beyond Skin and Eyes: The Medical and Social Burden of Oculocutaneous Albinism in Africa: A Narrative Review

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is a genetic disorder found worldwide, but its impact is particularly pronounced in the African continent. This results from both a higher prevalence and the persistent myths and superstitions surrounding the condition in many African communities.
Rebecca Donadoni, Niccolò Capurro, Alessandro Svizzero, Valeria Brazzelli   +3 more
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Identificação de biomarcadores terapêuticos em melanoma

, 2011
Mestrado em Biomedicina MolecularO melanoma deriva da transformação maligna de melanócitos e é frequentemente encontrado na pele e na região ocular. A identificação de marcadores moleculares que inequivocamente indiquem a agressividade do tumor ou que
Tavares, Sandra Raquel de Oliveira
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