Melanoma accounts for 1.7% of global cancer diagnoses and is the fifth most common
cancer in the US. Melanoma incidence is rising in developed, predominantly fair-skinned …

Melanin pigment plays a critical role in the protection against the harmful effects of ultraviolet
radiation and other environmental stressors. It is produced by the enzymatic transformation …

Skin aging is one of the most evident signs of human aging. Modification of the skin during
the life span is characterized by fine lines and wrinkling, loss of elasticity and volume, laxity …

Over the past decade, melanoma has led the field in new cancer treatments, with impressive
gains in on-treatment survival but more modest improvements in overall survival. Melanoma …

Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. In the early stages, melanoma can be treated
successfully with surgery alone and survival rates are high, but after metastasis survival …

Melanoma is a common cancer in the Western world with an increasing incidence. Sun
exposure is still considered to be the major risk factor for melanoma. The prognosis of …

Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer and its incidence is rising, creating a costly
and significant clinical problem. Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, namely UVA (315 …

UV radiation (UV) is classified as a “complete carcinogen” because it is both a mutagen and
a non-specific damaging agent and has properties of both a tumor initiator and a tumor …

Background Skin cancer has been the leading type of cancer worldwide. Melanoma and
non-melanoma skin cancers are now the most common types of skin cancer that have been …

During the past decade, melanins and melanogenesis have attracted growing interest for a
broad range of biomedical and technological applications. The burst of polydopamine …