Skin melanoma presents the strongest metastatic capacity and the highest mortality rate of
all types of skin cancer, being one of the most aggressive forms of human cancer. Although …

The use of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis of melanoma-
specific transcripts for the identification of circulating melanoma cells has shown very …

Simple Summary In this study, we investigated the expression of 27 cytokines/chemokines in
the serum of 232 individuals (136 melanoma patients vs. 96 controls). It identified several …

Despite significant advances in treatment of the melanoma during the past decade, the
survival rate is little improved. A contributory factor to the poor outcome is the lack of …

Cutaneous malignant melanoma remains the leading cause of skin cancer death in
industrialized countries. Melanoma progression is well defined in its clinical and …

Biomarkers play an important role in the diagnosis and prognostic classification of various
cancers and can be useful in monitoring the patient's clinical course of disease and …

S100 protein is well established as a diagnostic tool in malignant melanoma
immunohistology. In this study we measured S100β in serum with a recently developed …

Objective. This investigation probed the prognostic potential for lactate dehydrogenase
(LDH), melanoma inhibitory activity protein (MIA), and S‐100B protein in cases of malignant …

Improvement is needed in the ability to evaluate the prognosis of melanoma patients who
are clinically disease-free but likely to develop recurrent metastatic disease. The detection of …

Melanoma is the most life-threatening common form of skin cancer. While most cutaneous
melanomas are cured by surgical resection, a minority will relapse locally, regionally, or …