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ISRN Dermatology, 2012 Nuclear medicine plays an essential role in the correct staging of patients suffering from melanoma. Both sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and positron emission tomography (PET) represent its main diagnostic tools. SLNB is the choice procedure for lymphatic regional staging of these patients, including the result of this technique in the 2002 American
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Healthcare, 2013 Melanomas are a major cause of premature death from cancer. The gradual decrease in rates of morbidity and mortality has occurred as a result of public health campaigns and improved rates of early diagnosis. Survival of melanoma has increased to over 90%.
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Sunburn and malignant melanoma [PDF]
British Journal of Cancer, 1985 We investigated the relationship between cutaneous malignant melanoma and multiple sunburns in the Queensland population. Interview data were gathered from 236 case-control pairs concerning their lifetime experience of severe sunburns, their occupational and recreational sun exposure, and their skin type. Excluding the lentigo maligna melanoma subtype,
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Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1976 Recent advances in our understanding of the pathology and prognosis of malignant melanoma make possible rationally designed immunotherapeutic studies. A number of immunologic studies suggest that there may be a specific immune response to melanoma-associated antigens in patients with melanoma; however, other studies have shown lack of specificity, so ...
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Malignant Melanoma of the Rectum
The European Journal of Surgery, 2000 Report on a case of malignant melanoma of the rectum, review of the literature about therapy and ...
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Simulants of malignant melanoma
Oncology Reviews, 2015 During the recent period, dermoscopy has yielded improvement in the early disclosure of various atypical melanocytic neoplasms (AMN) of the skin. Beyond this clinical procedure, AMN histopathology remains mandatory for establishing their precise diagnosis.
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Anorectal Malignant Melanoma [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1948 M ALIGNANT melanoma is the most virulent of all known tumors and its appearance is the sign of death unless radical surgery is instituted in the early phase of its development. A study of this disease leads into many helds of investigation, including the morphology and wide distribution of dendritic cells, the subject of pigment formation in the animal
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