The prognostic value of circulating tumor DNA in malignant melanoma patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lei Liu, Shufu Hou, Aiping Zhu, Bing Yan, Linchuan Li, Dandan Song

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Health-related Quality of Life and hospital costs of Finnish melanoma patients participating in the second Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial (MSLT-II) by Pia J. Heino, Jukka Pappinen, John F. Thompson, Micaela Hernberg, Tiina A. Jahkola, Mark B. Faries

Subjects: “…Malignant melanoma…”
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Characterising melanoma diagnostic pathways for patients in routine practice using administrative health data in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study by Frances C Wright, Timothy P Hanna, Patti A Groome, Nicole J Look Hong, Meaghan E Mavor, Yuka Asai, Hugh Langley

“…Objective To characterise diagnostic pathways for patients with melanoma in routine practice and compare patient, disease and diagnostic interval (DI) characteristics across pathways.Design Descriptive cross-sectional study using administrative health data.Setting Population-based study in Ontario, Canada.Participants Patients with melanoma diagnosed from 2007 to 2019.Main outcome measures We used latent class cluster analysis to create clusters of patients with similar diagnostic experiences to characterise diagnostic pathways in routine practice. …”
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Second-generation BRAF inhibitor Encorafenib resistance is regulated by NCOA4-mediated iron trafficking in the drug-resistant malignant melanoma cells by Ceyda Colakoglu Bergel, Isil Ezgi Eryilmaz, Gulsah Cecener, Unal Egeli

Subjects: “…Malignant melanoma…”
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Melanoma Disparities among US Hispanics: Use of the Social Ecological Model to Contextualize Reasons for Inequitable Outcomes and Frame a Research Agenda by Valerie M. Harvey, Charlene W. Oldfield, Jarvis T. Chen, Karl Eschbach

“…Cutaneous melanoma is a significant public health concern, accounting for thousands of deaths annually in the US. …”
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H3K79me3T80ph is a Novel Histone Dual Modification and a Mitotic Indicator in Melanoma by Danielle R. Martinez, Hunter W. Richards, Qiushi Lin, Carlos A. Torres-Cabala, Victor G. Prieto, Jonathan L. Curry, Estela E. Medrano

“…Finally, our analysis of H3K79me3T80ph using a tissue microarray indicates that H3K79me3T80ph marks a subset of primary cutaneous melanomas with metastatic potential indicating that H3K79me3T80ph may identify a subset of invasive melanomas with a more aggressive clinical behaviour.…”
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Pigmented Nodular Basal Cell Carcinomas in Differential Diagnosis with Nodular Melanomas: Confocal Microscopy as a Reliable Tool for In Vivo Histologic Diagnosis by Alice Casari, Giovanni Pellacani, Stefania Seidenari, Anna Maria Cesinaro, Francesca Beretti, Patrizia Pepe, Caterina Longo

“…Nodular basal cell carcinoma, especially when pigmented, can be in differential diagnosis with nodular melanomas, clinically and dermoscopically. Reflectance confocal microscopy is a relatively new imaging technique that permits to evaluate in vivo skin tumors with a nearly histological resolution. …”
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Proteomic Identification of Heat Shock-Induced Danger Signals in a Melanoma Cell Lysate Used in Dendritic Cell-Based Cancer Immunotherapy by Fermín E. González, Alexey Chernobrovkin, Cristián Pereda, Tamara García-Salum, Andrés Tittarelli, Mercedes N. López, Flavio Salazar-Onfray, Roman A. Zubarev

“…During the last decade, we demonstrated that vaccination of advanced melanoma patients with autologous tumor antigen presenting cells (TAPCells) loaded with an allogeneic heat shock- (HS-) conditioned melanoma cell-derived lysate (called TRIMEL) is able to induce an antitumor immune response associated with a prolonged patient survival. …”
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Prognostic Factors and Nomograms for Overall and Cancer-Specific Survival of Patients with Uveal Melanoma without Metastases: A SEER Analysis of 4119 Cases by Xin Liu, Chang Liu, Yue Shang, Lin Yang, Fengling Tan, Yong Lv

“…To determine prognostic factors for patients with uveal melanoma without metastases and to construct nomograms to predict their 3- and 5-year overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS). …”
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Developing a risk score using liquid biopsy biomarkers for selecting Immunotherapy responders and stratifying disease progression risk in metastatic melanoma patients by Amalia Azzariti, Simona De Summa, Tommaso M. Marvulli, Ivana De Risi, Giuseppe De Palma, Roberta Di Fonte, Rossella Fasano, Simona Serratì, Sabino Strippoli, Letizia Porcelli, Michele Guida

Subjects: “…Metastatic melanoma…”
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Oncolytic virus OH2 extends survival in patients with PD-1 pretreated melanoma: phase Ia/Ib trial results and biomarker insights by Juan Li, Xuan Wang, Li Zhou, Jun Guo, Lu Si, Bixia Tang, Chuanliang Cui, Xiaoting Wei, Xinan Sheng, Siming Li, Zhihong Chi, Lili Mao, Bin Lian, Xieqiao Yan, Yan Kong, Caili Li, Xiangyong Gu, Binlei Liu, Hui Tian, Han Hu

“…A phase Ia/Ib clinical trial in China was conducted in patients with unresected stage III–IV melanoma, the majority of whom had the acral type, to assess the safety and preliminary efficacy of OH2.Methods The trial enrolled patients with histologically confirmed unresectable stage III or advanced stage IV melanoma. …”
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Unresectable Hepatic Metastasis of Uveal Melanoma: Hepatic Chemosaturation with High-Dose Melphalan—Long-Term Overall Survival Negatively Correlates with Tumor Burden by R. Brüning, M. Tiede, M. Schneider, P. Wohlmuth, H. Weilert, K. Oldhafer, A. Stang

“…Percutaneous hepatic perfusion with melphalan (PHP-M) for hepatic metastasis of uveal melanoma (LMUM) achieves high local response rates, but the individual clinical benefit is poorly defined. …”
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A novel lectin from mushroom Phellodon melaleucus displays hemagglutination activity, and antitumor activity in a B16 melanoma mouse model by Yuanhui Li, Peng Wang, Zejun Zhang, Qinghong Liu

“…Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopic analysis showed that PML was composed primarily of β-sheets with low α-helix content. In a B16 melanoma mouse model, PML treatment significantly inhibited tumor growth, and increased cytokine IL-10 content. …”
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Long-Term Followup Comparing Two Treatment Dosing Strategies of 125I Plaque Radiotherapy in the Management of Small/Medium Posterior Uveal Melanoma by Timothy G. Murray, Arnold M. Markoe, Aaron S. Gold, Fiona Ehlies, Ernesto Bermudez, Andrea Wildner, Azeema Latiff

“…To investigate the efficacy of two different dosing strategies of radioactive iodine-125 (125I) in the management of small- and medium-sized posterior uveal melanoma. Patients and Methods. The medical records of consecutive patients with choroidal melanomas between 1.5 and 5.0 mm in apical height treated initially with 125I plaque radiotherapy were reviewed. …”
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Unlocking melanoma Suppression: Insights from Plasma-Induced potent miRNAs through PI3K-AKT-ZEB1 axis by Pradeep Bhartiya, Apurva Jaiswal, Manorma Negi, Neha Kaushik, Eun Ha Choi, Nagendra Kumar Kaushik

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In vitro antitumor and immunomodulatory activities of 1,2,4-oxadiazole derivatives by Héverton Mendes Araújo, Gabriel Acácio de Moura, Yasmim Mendes Rocha, Cristian Vicson Pinheiro Gomes, Valentina Nascimento e Melo de Oliveira, Ronaldo Nascimento de Oliveira, Larissa Deadame de Figueiredo Nicolete, Emanuel Paula Magalhães, Ramon R.P.P.B. de Menezes, Roberto Nicolete

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Lichen Planus-Like Exanthema Induced by Anti-PD-1 and Anti-LAG-3 Combination Immunotherapy Could Potentially Predict the Treatment Response in Metastatic Melanoma by Marek Pasek, Eva Sticová, Emanuel Marques, Vojtěch Tretera, Petr Arenberger, Monika Arenbergerová

Subjects: “…melanoma, anti-PD-1, anti-LAG-3, adverse events…”
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Microneedle-Based Approaches for Skin Disease Treatment by Yanhua Han, Xiaoyu Qin, Weisen Lin, Chen Wang, Xuanying Yin, Jiaxin Wu, Yang Chen, Xiaojia Chen, Tongkai Chen

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Antitumor effect of a pyrazolone-based-complex [Cu(PMPP-SAL)(EtOH)] against murine melanoma B16 cell in vitro and in vivo by Abula Ayipairi, Zhao Jing, Xu Guancheng, Li Yijie, Sun Surong

Subjects: “…malignant melanoma…”
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Skin Tumors Diagnosis Utilizing Case Based Reasoning and The Expert System by Roza Fuad Majeed, Soran AB. M. Saeed, Dana Abdulmajeed Abdilkarim, Haval Mohammed Sidqi

Subjects: “…Keywords: Skin cancer, BCC, SCC, melanoma, CBR, expert system.…”
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