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Dermoscopic clues in the diagnosis of amelanotic and hypomelanotic malignant melanoma Pistas dermatoscópicas no diagnóstico de melanoma maligno amelanótico e hipomelanótico

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2012
The clinical identification of amelanotic malignant melanoma (AMM) and hypomelanotic malignant melanoma (HMM) becomes difficult due to the lack of pigmentation and to the diverse clinical presentations.
Raquel Bissacotti Steglich, Carolina Degeon Meotti, Mariana Silveira Ferreira, Louise Lovatto, André Vicente Esteves de Carvalho, Carlos Gustavo Carneiro de Castro   +5 more
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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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Frontiers in Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

, 2018
We identify emerging frontiers in clinical and basic research of melanocyte biology and its associated biomedical disciplines. We describe challenges and opportunities in clinical and basic research of normal and diseased melanocytes that impact current ...
Birlea, Stanca, Bosenberg, Marcus W., Box, Neil F., Brash, Douglas, Cassidy, Pamela B., Chen, Suzie, D'Orazio, John August, Filipp, Fabian V., Fujita, Mayumi, Goh, Boon-Kee, Herlyn, Meenhard, Indra, Arup K., Larue, Lionel, Leachman, Sancy A., Liu-Smith, Feng, Manga, Prashiela, Montoliu, Lluis, Norris, David A., Poole, Caroline Le, Shellman, Yiqun, Smalley, Keiran S. M., Spritz, Richard A., Sturm, Richard A., Swetter, Susan M., Terzian, Tamara, Wakamatsu, Kazumasa, Weber, Jeffrey S.   +26 more
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SCD5 restored expression favors differentiation and epithelial-mesenchymal reversion in advanced melanoma [PDF]

, 2018
Our previous data supported a role for the Stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD5) in protection against malignancy, whereby it appears to functionally modify tumor stroma impairing tumor spread.
Bellenghi, Maria, Bottero, Lisabianca, Carè, Alessandra, Felicetti, Federica, Gulino, Alessandro, Mattia, Gianfranco, Petrini, Marina, Pontecorvi, Giada, Puglisi, Rossella   +8 more
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Clinico-pathological Study of Malignant Melanoma in A Tertiary Care Centre

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2017
Introduction: Malignant melanoma, which causes three fourth of all deaths related to skin cancer, is more common in Caucasian population compared to Asian population.
Sushma Thapa, Arnab Ghosh, Dilasma Ghartimagar, Tillotama Prasad, Raghavan Narasimhan, OP Talwar   +5 more
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Starfished in the sand : developing the theory of planned behaviour to predict intentions to use sunscreen on the beach : a research project presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2003
This study examined the predictive power of the theory of planned behaviour in explaining sunscreen use intentions among beach-goers in New Zealand (n = 148) and the United Kingdom (n = 280). Generally, the theory of planned behaviour performed well with
Neil, Tessa Anne
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Melanocortin 1 receptor targeted imaging of melanoma with gold nanocages and positron emission tomography [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose: Melanoma is a lethal skin cancer with unmet clinical needs for targeted imaging and therapy. Nanoscale materials conjugated with targeting components have shown great potential to improve tumor delivery efficiency while minimizing undesirable ...
Black, Kvar, Detering, Lisa, Liu, Yongjian, Luehmann, Hannah, Pang, Bo, Sultan, Deborah, Xia, Younan, Yang, Miaoxin, Zhao, Yongfeng   +8 more
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A nuanced exploration delving into malignant melanomas occurring in unexpected and less common anatomical locations

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Malignant melanoma originates from melanoma cells, which derive from the neuroectoderm of the ectodermal mucosa. The chameleonic presentation of malignant melanoma, its often asymptomatic nature, the rarity of the lesion, the grim prognosis, and the ...
Reena Sinha, Md Ali Osama, Shadan Rabab, C P Jaiswal   +3 more
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Metastases risk in thin cutaneous melanoma: Prognostic value of clinical-pathologic characteristics and mutation profile [PDF]

, 2018
Background: A high percentage of patients with thin melanoma (TM), defined as lesions with Breslow thickness ≤1 mm, presents excellent long-term survival, however, some patients develop metastases.
Calvieri, Stefano, Carbone, Anna, Donati, Pietro, Frascione, Pasquale, MARRAFFA, FEDERICA, Mattia, Cinzia Di, Ottini, Laura, Paolino, Giovanni, Richetta, Antonio G., Rizzolo, Piera, Silvestri, Valentina, Valentini, Virginia, Zelli, Veronica   +12 more
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MALIGNANT MELANOMA – METASTASES IN GIT: REPORT OF 4 CASES AND LITERATURE REVIEW [PDF]

Journal of IMAB
Purpose: We present four cases of malignant melanoma metastases in GIT. The symptoms which led to the hospitalization of the patients were ileus in two cases, hematemesis and hematochezia.
Vasil Bozhkov, Plamen Chernopolsky
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