ALLMedicine Cutaneous Melanoma Center

Jun 2nd, 2020 - This study reviews the relevant epidemiological studies associating cutaneous melanoma and breast carcinomas and provides an overview of the possible genetic, biological and bias factors that underpin this relationship. Standardised incidence rati...

Jun 2nd, 2020 - Acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM) is the least common subtype of cutaneous melanoma and typically occurs on the palms, soles, and nails. Tumor characteristics and disease severity in the US population are not well understood. Our aim was to analyze...

Jun 1st, 2020 - Rapid growth of cutaneous melanoma is associated with aggressive histopathologic features and poor prognosis. However, the impact of growth rate (GR) in acral melanoma (AM) remains largely unknown.We performed this study to identify the impact of ...

Jun 1st, 2020 - Age plays a dynamic role in incidence, presentation, and extent of disease for cutaneous melanoma. Even within the spectrum of juvenile melanoma, there exists a range of spitzoid and nonspitzoid melanocytic and melanoma lesions. Spitzoid melanomas...

Jun 1st, 2020 - This article presents the current data supporting adjuvant therapy for patients with cutaneous melanoma. With the recent development of novel immunotherapy agents as well as targeted therapy, there are strong data to support the use of these thera...

Mar 31st, 2019 - For adjuvant treatment of melanoma in patients rendered free of disease by surgery, traditional systemic therapy approaches have proven to be ineffective. Adjuvant interferon alfa (IFN alfa), particularly high-dose IFN alfa, has been widely used i...

Nov 5th, 2018 - The incidence of primary cutaneous melanoma continues to increase each year. Melanoma accounts for the majority of skin cancer-related deaths, but treatment is usually curative following early detection of disease. In this American Academy of Derm...

May 31st, 2018 - Cancer immunotherapy has been firmly established as a standard of care for patients with advanced and metastatic melanoma. Therapeutic outcomes in clinical trials have resulted in the approval of 11 new drugs and/or combination regimens for patien...

May 29th, 2018 - Cancer immunotherapy has been firmly established as a standard of care for patients with advanced and metastatic melanoma. Therapeutic outcomes in clinical trials have resulted in the approval of 11 new drugs and/or combination regimens for patien.

May 22nd, 2018 - The NCCN Guidelines Panel for Melanoma debuted new guidelines for uveal melanoma at the NCCN 23rd Annual Conference. Although uveal melanoma and cutaneous melanoma share the same name, they do have different characteristics and treatments. The NCC...

Jun 2nd, 2020 - This study reviews the relevant epidemiological studies associating cutaneous melanoma and breast carcinomas and provides an overview of the possible genetic, biological and bias factors that underpin this relationship. Standardised incidence rati...

Jun 2nd, 2020 - Acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM) is the least common subtype of cutaneous melanoma and typically occurs on the palms, soles, and nails. Tumor characteristics and disease severity in the US population are not well understood. Our aim was to analyze...

Jun 1st, 2020 - Rapid growth of cutaneous melanoma is associated with aggressive histopathologic features and poor prognosis. However, the impact of growth rate (GR) in acral melanoma (AM) remains largely unknown.We performed this study to identify the impact of ...

Jun 1st, 2020 - Age plays a dynamic role in incidence, presentation, and extent of disease for cutaneous melanoma. Even within the spectrum of juvenile melanoma, there exists a range of spitzoid and nonspitzoid melanocytic and melanoma lesions. Spitzoid melanomas...

Jun 1st, 2020 - This article presents the current data supporting adjuvant therapy for patients with cutaneous melanoma. With the recent development of novel immunotherapy agents as well as targeted therapy, there are strong data to support the use of these thera...

Nov 3rd, 2019 - The guidelines on diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of cutaneous melanoma were released on September 30, 2019 by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO).[1] Diagnosis and Pathology/Molecular Biology Diagnosis should be based on a full-t...

Oct 5th, 2019 - Women who accumulated more indoor tanning sessions over time significantly increased their risk for squamous cell cancer over women who never engaged in indoor tanning, based on data from 159,419 women. Previous research has examined associations.

Jul 21st, 2019 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number needed to biopsy (NNB) for cutaneous melanoma varies widely worldwide, and while there isn't a single "ideal" NNB, optimal standards should be developed, researchers say. "The NNB for cutaneous melanoma is an...

Jun 10th, 2019 - This case required a multidisciplinary team The patient underwent magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography/computed tomography; the scans revealed no metastatic disease. She was evaluated by a multidisciplinary head and neck can.

Apr 28th, 2019 - Guidelines on systemic therapy for metastatic or unresectable cutaneous melanoma and recommendations for adjuvant systemic therapies were released in April 2019 by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.[1] Systemic Therapy for Metastatic or Un...