The advantages and challenges of using FDG PET/CT for response assessment in melanoma in the era of targeted agents and immunotherapy

ANM Wong, GA McArthur, MS Hofman… - European journal of …, 2017 - Springer
The treatment of melanoma has been revolutionised in recent years by advances in the
understanding of the genomic landscape of this disease, which has led to the development …

The natural course of cutaneous melanoma

U Leiter, F Meier, B Schittek… - Journal of surgical …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The natural course of cutaneous melanoma (CM) is determined by its metastatic spread and
depends on tumor thickness, ulceration, gender, localization, and the histologic subtype of …

Melanocytic tumors of uncertain malignant potential: results of a tutorial held at the XXIX Symposium of the International Society of Dermatopathology in Graz, October …

L Cerroni, R Barnhill, D Elder, G Gottlieb… - The American journal …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Several reports demonstrated the difficulties and lack of agreement in the histopathologic
diagnosis of particular melanocytic tumors (atypical Spitz tumors, atypical blue nevi, deep …

Chemotherapy compared with biochemotherapy for the treatment of metastatic melanoma: a meta-analysis of 18 trials involving 2,621 patients

NJ Ives, RL Stowe, P Lorigan… - Journal of clinical oncology, 2007 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To assess the effect of adding interferon-α (IFN)±interleukin-2 (IL-2) to
chemotherapy in patients with metastatic melanoma. Methods A published data meta …

Reflectance-mode confocal microscopy of pigmented skin lesions–improvement in melanoma diagnostic specificity

G Pellacani, AM Cesinaro, S Seidenari - Journal of the American Academy …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: In vivo confocal microscopy enables skin visualization with a
quasihistopathologic resolution. OBJECTIVE: We sought to describe confocal features in …

Curcumin‐induced antiproliferative and proapoptotic effects in melanoma cells are associated with suppression of IκB kinase and nuclear factor κB activity and are …

DR Siwak, S Shishodia, BB Aggarwal, R Kurzrock - Cancer, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Nuclear factor‐κB (NF‐κB) plays a central role in cell survival and
proliferation in human melanoma; therefore, the authors explored the possibility of exploiting …

Diagnostic Performance of Whole Body Dual Modality 18F-FDG PET/CT Imaging for N- and M-Staging of Malignant Melanoma: Experience With 250 Consecutive …

MJ Reinhardt, AY Joe, U Jaeger, A Huber… - Journal of clinical …, 2006 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To assess the diagnostic performance of positron emission tomography/computed
tomography (PET/CT) using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) for N-and M-staging of …

A randomized phase 2 study of etaracizumab, a monoclonal antibody against integrin αvβ3, ± dacarbazine in patients with stage IV metastatic melanoma

P Hersey, J Sosman, S O'Day… - … Journal of the …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: The alpha v beta 3 (αvβ3) integrin is involved in intracellular signaling
regulating cell proliferation, migration, and differentiation and is important for tumor‐induced …

The microanatomic location of metastatic melanoma in sentinel lymph nodes predicts nonsentinel lymph node involvement

DJ Dewar, B Newell, MA Green, AP Topping… - Journal of Clinical …, 2004 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Sentinel node biopsy is now widely accepted as the most accurate prognostic
indicator in melanoma, and is important in guiding management of patients with clinical …

[PDF][PDF] The RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK and PI3K/AKT signaling pathways present molecular targets for the effective treatment of advanced melanoma

F Meier, B Schittek, S Busch, C Garbe, K Smalley… - Front …, 2005 - article.imrpress.com
Introduction 3. Ras-Raf-MEK-ERK (MAPK) signaling pathway in melanoma 3.1. The Ras-Raf-
MEK-ERK (MAPK) signaling pathway 3.2. Activation of MAPK signaling pathway in …