...Clio Dessinioti; Mihaella Plaka; Angelliki Befon; Dorothea Polidorou; Irene Stefanaki; Katerina Kypreou; Varvara Theology; Alexander J. Stratigos Introduction: A diameter larger than 6 mm is included in the criteria used in public health messages to detect a cutaneous melanoma. We aimed...

... Lentigo maligna Cutaneous melanoma Scalp Scalp melanomas arise more frequently on bald and chronically sun-damaged scalps of elderly males [ 1‒3 ], often coexisting with non-melanoma skin cancers, actinic keratoses (AK), and benign pigmented macules, which can obscure the diagnosis [ 4...

...% of skin cancers including cutaneous melanoma (CM) are related directly to sun exposure. Despite extensive knowledge on ultraviolet radiation’s (UVR) detrimental impact, many still fail to implement sun protection/sun avoidance. Human behavior, attitudes, and cultural norms of individuals and communities...

...Anastasiya Muntyanu; Evgeny Savin; Feras M. Ghazawi; Akram Alakel; Andrei Zubarev; Ivan V. Litvinov Background: Cutaneous melanoma (CM) incidence has been increasing around the world. The goal of this study is to describe geographic trends in incidence and mortality of CM in Russia between 2001...

...Caradee Yael Wright; Thandi Kapwata; Elvira Singh; Adele C. Green; Peter Baade; Patricia Kellett; Mary Norval The incidence of cutaneous melanoma (CM) is increasing in countries around the world. However, little is known about melanoma trends in African countries by population group. We studied CM...

...Andrea Paradisi; Damiano Abeni Background: The incidence of cutaneous melanoma is increasing but in most countries is still below 20/100,000 per year. Despite such a low frequency of occurrence, recently the authors have had notice of several new melanoma cases among colleagues. We carried out...

...Torsten Hinz; Dagmar Wilsmann-Theis; Andrea Buchner; Joerg Wenzel; Clemens-M. Wendtner; Thomas Bieber; Guenter Reinhard; Jens Baumert; Monika-H. Schmid-Wendtner Background: Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is a widely accepted procedure to accurately stage patients with cutaneous melanoma...

...); in the male group, basal cell carcinoma (10/25) was followed by prostate cancer (6/25). The frequency of breast cancer in the female group (n = 383) was 4.7% compared to a female control group (n = 171) with 1.2%. 17 10 1991 11 05 1992 8 10 2009 Cutaneous melanoma Associated neoplasms...

... to in the content or advertisements. Cutaneous melanoma Swiss melanoma guidelines Cutaneous melanoma not only has a high incidence, but is also the most aggressive of the cutaneous neoplasms [ 1 ]. For these reasons, treatment guidelines have been prepared under the aegis of the Swiss Cancer League...