Melanoma Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Melanoma, including details on identification, causes, prevention, treatment.

Volume 5 (2008), Issue 6 (June)

1. Diffuse melanosis and ascites due to metastatic malignant melanoma.
   ScientificWorldJournal, 8: 556-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. False negative sentinel lymph node biopsies in melanoma may result from deficiencies in nuclear medicine, surgery, or pathology.
   Ann Surg, 247(6): 1003-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Gastrointestinal melanoma or clear cell sarcoma? Molecular evaluation of 7 cases previously diagnosed as malignant melanoma.
   Am J Surg Pathol, 32(6): 858-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Histologic distinction between subungual lentigo and melanoma.
   Am J Surg Pathol, 32(6): 835-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Favorable outcome in clinically stage II melanoma patients is associated with the presence of activated tumor infiltrating T-lymphocytes and preserved MHC class I antigen expression.
   Int J Cancer, 123(3): 609-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Tumour-mediated disruption of dendritic cell function: inhibiting the MEK1/2-p44/42 axis restores IL-12 production and Th1-generation.
   Int J Cancer, 123(3): 623-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. IFN-gamma withdrawal after immunotherapy potentiates B16 melanoma invasion and metastasis by intensifying tumor integrin alphavbeta3 signaling.
   Int J Cancer, 123(3): 702-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Frequent p16-independent inactivation of p14ARF in human melanoma.
   J Natl Cancer Inst, 100(11): 784-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Tumor therapy in mice via antigen targeting to a novel, DC-restricted C-type lectin.
   J Clin Invest, 118(6): 2098-110. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Anorectal amelanotic melanoma.
    Colorectal Dis, 10(6): 612-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Melanoma stem cells: the dark seed of melanoma.
    J Clin Oncol, 26(17): 2890-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. A general tumour control probability model for non-uniform dose distributions.
    Math Med Biol, 25(2): 171-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Lymphatic invasion revealed by multispectral imaging is common in primary melanomas and associates with prognosis.
    Hum Pathol, 39(6): 901-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Cathepsin L expression is up-regulated by hypoxia in human melanoma cells: role of its 5'-untranslated region.
    Biochem J, 413(1): 125-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. KINK-1, a novel small-molecule inhibitor of IKKbeta, and the susceptibility of melanoma cells to antitumoral treatment.
    J Natl Cancer Inst, 100(12): 862-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Chemoembolization of hepatic metastases from ocular melanoma: assessment of response with contrast-enhanced and diffusion-weighted MRI.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 191(1): 285-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. A new O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase inhibitor associated with a nitrosourea (cystemustine) validates a strategy of melanoma-targeted therapy in murine B16 and human-resistant M4Beu melanoma xenograft models.
    J Pharmacol Exp Ther, 326(1): 171-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Treatment of metastatic melanoma with autologous CD4+ T cells against NY-ESO-1.
    N Engl J Med, 358(25): 2698-703. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Extracutaneous malignant melanomas.
    Cancer Invest, 26(5): 516-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Iris melanoma arising in iris nevus in oculo(dermal) melanocytosis.
    Surv Ophthalmol, 53(4): 411-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Trends in prognostic factors and survival from cutaneous melanoma in Yorkshire, UK and New South Wales, Australia between 1993 and 2003.
    Int J Cancer, 123(4): 861-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Impact of IFNalpha2b upon pSTAT3 and the MEK/ERK MAPK pathway in melanoma.
    Cancer Immunol Immunother, 57(9): 1315-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Tracheal malignant melanoma: successful outcome with tracheal resection.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 86(1): 308-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Induction of CCL2 by siMAML1 through upregulation of TweakR in melanoma cells.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 372(4): 629-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Infrequent promoter methylation of the MGMT gene in liver metastases from uveal melanoma.
    Int J Cancer, 123(5): 1215-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Matrix metalloproteinase-2 is expressed in melanoma-associated spongiform scleropathy.
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 49(7): 2806-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Size overlap between benign melanocytic choroidal nevi and choroidal malignant melanomas.
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 49(7): 2823-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Prognostic factors that determine the long-term survival of patients with unresectable metastatic melanoma.
    Cancer Invest, 26(6): 624-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. ASIP and TYR pigmentation variants associate with cutaneous melanoma and basal cell carcinoma.
    Nat Genet, 40(7): 886-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Common sequence variants on 20q11.22 confer melanoma susceptibility.
    Nat Genet, 40(7): 838-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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