...Sarah Hobelsberger; Julian Steininger; Friedegund Elke Meier; Stefan Beissert; Frank Friedrich Gellrich Introduction: The combination of total body photography (TBP) and digital dermoscopy (DD) for monitoring patients with a high risk for melanoma can allow early detection of melanoma. This study...

...; Luc Thomas; Iris Zalaudek; Giuseppe Argenziano; Aimilios Lallas Introduction: Diagnosis of acral melanocytic lesions can be challenging. The BRAAFF checklist was introduced as a tool to help differentiate between acral nevi and melanoma but has not been validated. Methods: We asked raters with varying...

...Soraya Naimy; Michael Bzorek; Jens Ole Eriksen; Marianne Bengtson Løvendorf; Thomas Litman; Beatrice Dyring-Andersen; Lise Mette Rahbek Gjerdrum Background: Melanoma is widely recognized to be an immunogenic tumor that often contains tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in the tumor...

...Amanda M. Walker; Adrienne Joseph; Jacob Nelson; Victoria E. Orfaly; Elizabeth Stoos; Allan Geller; Elizabeth Bailey; Stephanie Savory; Sancy Leachman; Heidi Jacobe Background: Melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer are significant causes of mortality. Previous studies regarding skin cancer...

... Concetta Fargnoli; Ketty Peris; Carlo Cota; Chiara Menin; Maria Teresa Landi; Eduardo Nagore Background: Subungual melanoma (SM) is an unusual type of melanocytic tumor affecting the nail apparatus. The mutational prevalence of the most prominently mutated genes in melanoma has been reported in small...

...Paweł Pietkiewicz; Piotr Giedziun; Jan Idziak; Verce Todorovska; Michał Lewandowicz; Aimilios Lallas Background: Grey perifollicular circles are a dermatoscopic clue to melanoma, especially in facial skin. So far, no other adnexal clues than follicular have been investigated in this diagnosis...

...José Antonio Avilés-Izquierdo; Daniel Vírseda-González; Maria Guadalupe Izquierdo del Monte; Enrique Rodríguez-Lomba Background: Melanoma patients have a higher risk of developing additional melanomas. Predisposing factors of a second primary melanoma in patients without any genetic predisposition...

...José Bañuls; Laura Francés; Eduardo Nagore; Miquel Armengot-Carbó; Alex Llambrich; María José Sanchez-Pujol; Juan Carlos Palazon; María Niveiro; Pedro Zaballos Background: Dermoscopy is a noninvasive technique for the diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma that may play a role in the preoperative...

...Soraya Naimy; Michael Bzorek; Jens Ole Eriksen; Beatrice Dyring-Andersen; Lise Mette Rahbek Gjerdrum Background: Superficial spreading melanomas (SSMs) are the most common type of melanoma and cause the majority of skin cancer deaths. More than 50% of cases harbor a mutation in the BRAF gene...

...Myoung Eun Choi; Hyesoo Cho; Chong Hyun Won; Sung Eun Chang; Mi Woo Lee; Woo Jin Lee Background: Nail apparatus melanoma (NAM) is a subtype of cutaneous melanoma occurring at nail units and belongs to the acral lentiginous melanoma subgroup. Due to its unique anatomical structure to protect...

...% 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...

...Maria Mannino; Pietro Sollena; Maria Esposito; Maria Concetta Fargnoli; Ketty Peris; Eduardo Nagore Background: Cutaneous melanoma accounts for the majority of skin cancer-related deaths. Readily identifiable phenotypic characteristics and total body nevus count (TBNC) >50 are among the most...

...Alicia Gavillero; Zaida García-Casado; Celia Requena; Esperanza Manrique-Silva; Víctor Traves; Rajiv Kumar; Eduardo Nagore Background: Acral location of melanomas is associated with poor survival. It can be due, at least in part, to the fact that acral lentiginous melanoma, a distinct melanoma...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Key Message A skin cancer lesson given to high schoolers effectively increased the students’ knowledge and healthy behaviors. Skin cancer Melanoma Public health Survey High school Education Prevention Skin cancer...

... Artificial intelligence Melanoma iOS Android Deep learning Skin cancer Health care systems are challenged by high volumes of skin cancers, requiring optimal use of health care resources [1-3]. In the clinical arena, it is well documented that experience increases diagnostic accuracy [4]. In line...

..., preliminary screening test which has reasonable screening accuracy. Skin self-examination Melanoma Diagnostic accuracy Sensitivity Specificity The incidence of melanoma has risen rapidly on a global scale [1-3]. In the UK, it is the fifth most commonly diagnosed cancer, with the incidence...

...Clarissa Prieto Herman Reinehr; Renato Marchiori Bakos Background: The quantitative and qualitative presence of melanocytic nevi is considered a significant risk factor for melanoma. Little is known whether patients showing any of the recognized global dermoscopic nevus patterns might also...

... for melanoma prevention remain controversial; however, other lipid metabolism mediators need investigation. Melanoma Statins Fibrates Skin cancer Prevention Lipid metabolism Systematic review Cochrane Cochrane review Dear Editor, Melanoma has a lower incidence than non-melanoma skin...

...Meng-Nan Xu; Qiu Rao Objectives: The optimal excision margin of primary cutaneous melanoma greater than 2 mm in thickness is still a controversial topic. The aim of the present study was to compare the long-term survival between narrow and wide excision margins in the surgical excision of patients...

...Wayne Gulliver; Susanne Gulliver; Rebecca J. Power; Michelle Penney; David Lane Background: The incidence of cutaneous malignant melanoma continues to increase worldwide and in Canada. It is unclear whether the increase in incidence and clinical characteristic trends of cutaneous malignant melanoma...