Prevalence and associated factors of skin cancer in aged nursing home residents: A multicenter prevalence study [PDF]
, 2019 Non-melanoma-skin cancer is an emerging clinical problem in the elderly, fair skinned population which predominantly affects patients aged older than 70 years.
Akdeniz, Merve +4 more
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Melanoma Cells Exposed to Clomiphene Citrate Respond With Cell Cycle Arrest and Reduced Invasiveness
Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Epidemiological studies have suggested that clomiphene citrate (CC) exposure may increase the risk of malignant melanoma, but mechanisms are unknown. We investigated the effects of CC on melanoma cell line A375. Cells were treated with CC at 2, 20, 200, and 2000 ng/mL, followed by assessment of cell viability and metabolism, cell cycle ...
Thaís S. Ribeiro +8 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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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 +5 more
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JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Early detection of melanoma significantly boosts patient survival rates. Deep learning has demonstrated dermatologist‐level accuracy in assessing pigmented skin lesions by analysing images at the pixel level. However, these neural networks may face challenges with ‘real‐life’ images due to limited training data and image artefacts ...
Marianne Zanchetta +15 more
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Granulomatous Panniculitis in a Patient Treated With Cemiplimab: Case Report and Literature Review
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have become a cornerstone in the treatment of advanced malignancies by enhancing antitumor immunity, but they may also trigger a broad spectrum of immune‐related adverse events (irAEs) involving multiple organs.
B. Lada‐Colunga +6 more
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Growth and apoptosis pathways in human cutaneous melanoma: in vitro and in vivo studies by using biological and proteomics approaches [PDF]
, 2013 Purpose. Melanoma is the most aggressive cutaneous cancer without effective treatment. Diagnosis is achieved very often too late and prognosis is poor.
ROSSI, STEFANIA
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, 2018 Mucosal nasopharyngeal melanoma is a rare head and neck melanoma. Prognosis is poor (5-year overall survival rate of 10–30%) with high rates of metastases and local recurrence. Head and neck mucosal melanoma represents 0.8–3.7% of all melanomas and 0.03%
Calvieri, Stefano +4 more
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A Curious Case of Primary Gastric Mucosal Melanoma
The Korean Journal of GastroenterologyMalignant melanoma is a neoplasm of melanin-producing cells predominantly of cutaneous origin, which uncommonly develops within gut mucosa. We present the case of a 58-year-old woman with complaints of abdominal pain, loss of appetite and weight ...
Zahabia Sohail +3 more
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Experiences With Surgical Treatment of Chronic Lower Limb Ulcers at a Tertiary Hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: A Prospective Review of 300 Cases. [PDF]
, 2012 Chronic lower limb ulcers constitute a major public health problem of great important all over the world and contribute significantly to high morbidity and long-term disabilities. There is paucity of information regarding chronic lower limb ulcers in our
Chalya, Phillipo L +6 more
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