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Manrique-Silva E, David ME, Maider AM, García-Casado Z, Moro R, Requena C, Través V, Virós A, Kumar R, Nagore E. Clinical, histological, and molecular differences in melanoma due to different TERT promoter mutations subtypes. A retrospective cross-sectional study in 684 melanoma patients. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 2024; 37:343-351. [PMID: 38153178 DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.13155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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Differences in survival according to the pTERT mutation subtypes (-124C > T, -146C > T, and tandem -138_139CC > TT) have been observed. The present study aimed to describe the clinical as the histopathological and molecular cutaneous melanoma features according to the presence of the three most prevalent pTERT mutation subtypes (-124C > T, -146C > T, and tandem -138_139CC > TT). A retrospective cross-sectional study including 684 patients was designed, and a Partial Least-Squares Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA) was performed. After the PSL-DA, it was observed that the tandem -138_139CC > TT subtype differs from the other subtypes. The model demonstrated that the -124C > T and the -138_139 CC > TT subtypes were associated with fast-growing melanomas (OR 0.5, CI 0.29-0.86, p = .012) and with Breslow >2 mm (OR 0.6, CI 0.37-0.97, p = .037), compared to the -146C > T mutation. Finally, the -124C > T appeared to be more associated with the presence of TILs (non-brisk) than the -146C > T (OR 0.6, CI 0.40-1.01, p = .05). These findings confirmed that the -124C > T and the tandem -138_139 CC > TT subtypes are both highly associated with the presence of features of aggressiveness; however, only the -124C > T was highly associated with TILs. This difference could explain the worse survival rate associated with the tandem -138_139CC > TT mutations.
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- Esperanza Manrique-Silva
- Escuela de Doctorado, Universidad Católica de Valencia "San Vicente Mártir", València, Spain
- Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
- School of Medicine, Universidad Católica de Valencia "San Vicente Mártir", València, Spain
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- Máster de Ingeniería de Análisis de Datos, Toma de Decisiones y Mejora de Procesos, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto Dermatológico Dr. Alonso, Hospital Vithas Valencia 9 de Octubre, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Pathological Anatomy, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Skin Cancer and Aging Lab, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Functional Genome Analysis, Deutsches Krebsforschüngzentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Molecular Biology of Cancer, Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Escuela de Doctorado, Universidad Católica de Valencia "San Vicente Mártir", València, Spain
- Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
- School of Medicine, Universidad Católica de Valencia "San Vicente Mártir", València, Spain
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Tejera-Vaquerizo A, Boada A, Puig S, Nagore E, Fernández-de-Misa R, Ferrándiz L, Conde-Taboada A, Castro E, Richarz NA, Paradela S, Llambrich Á, Salgüero I, Diago A, Samaniego E, Flórez Á, Segura S, Maldonado-Seral C, Coronel-Pérez IM, Tomás-Velázquez A, Rodríguez P, Mayor A, García-Doval I, Grau-Pérez M. Melanoma Registry of the Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (REGESMEL): Description and Data in its First Year of Operation. Actas Dermosifiliogr 2024:S0001-7310(24)00184-4. [PMID: 38452890 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2024.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 02/25/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION The incidence of melanoma is rising in Spain. The prognostic stages of patients with melanoma are determined by various biological factors, such as tumor thickness, ulceration, or the presence of regional or distant metastases. The Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (AEDV) has encouraged the creation of a Spanish Melanoma Registry (REGESMEL) to evaluate other individual and health system-related factors that may impact the prognosis of patients with melanoma. The aim of this article is to introduce REGESMEL and provide basic descriptive data for its first year of operation. METHODS REGESMEL is a prospective, multicentre cohort of consecutive patients with invasive cutaneous melanoma that collects demographic and staging data as well as individual and healthcare-related baseline data. It also records the medical and surgical treatment received by patients. RESULTS A total of 450 cases of invasive cutaneous melanoma from 19 participant centres were included, with a predominance of thin melanomas≤1mm thick (54.7%), mainly located on the posterior trunk (35.2%). Selective sentinel lymph node biopsy was performed in 40.7% of cases. Most cases of melanoma were suspected by the patient (30.4%), or his/her dermatologist (29.6%). Patients received care mainly in public health centers (85.2%), with tele-dermatology resources being used in 21.6% of the cases. CONCLUSIONS The distribution of the pathological and demographic variables of melanoma cases is consistent with data from former studies. REGESMEL has already recruited patients from 15 Spanish provinces and given its potential representativeness, it renders the Registry as an important tool to address a wide range of research questions.
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, España; Centro de investigación biomédica en red de enfermedades raras, CIBERER, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, España
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- Unidad de Melanoma, Servicio de Dermatología médico-quirúrgico, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Complexo Hospitalario A Coruña, A Coruña, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario Son Llàtzer, Palma de Mallorca, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Pontevedra, Grupo de Investigación DIPO, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur, SERGAS-UVIGO, Pontevedra, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital del Mar de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme de Sevilla, Sevilla, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Madrid, España; Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Ruber Internacional, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España
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- Unidad de Investigación, Academia Española de Dermatología y Venereología, Madrid, España; Servicio de Dermatología, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, España
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- Unidad de Investigación, Academia Española de Dermatología y Venereología, Madrid, España; Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España.
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Ríos-Viñuela E, García-Vázquez M, Juan MJ, Nagore E, Requena C, Sanmartín O, Llombart B. Avelumab to treat Merkel cell carcinoma: real-life experience in a dedicated oncology center. Actas Dermosifiliogr 2024:S0001-7310(24)00059-0. [PMID: 38423921 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2024.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 01/14/2024] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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The arrival of immunotherapy has revolutioned the management of patients with metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC). We conducted an observational, retrospective study of 14 cases treated with avelumab. The response rate was 57%: complete response was reached in 29% of patients, and partial responses in 29%. The drug proved effective in 83% (5/6) of the patients with a single metastatic site. However, the disease progressed in 75% (3/4) of the patients with bone metastases. PD1-L expression, MCC polyomavirus (MCPyV) positivity, and an impaired neutrophil-to-lypmhocyte ratio (NLR) could not be associated with responses to the therapy. Avelumab is an effective and safe drug for the management of advanced MCC, and its effectiveness appears to be impacted by the number and location of metastases.
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- E Ríos-Viñuela
- Escuela de Doctorado, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, España; Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España.
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Oncología Médica, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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Massa A, Isasi-Fuster A, Requena C, Manrique-Silva E, Kumar R, Nagore E. Nodular type but not vitamin D levels increases the risk of second primary cancers in melanoma patients: An observational study of 663 patients. Actas Dermosifiliogr 2024; 115:143-149. [PMID: 37832865 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2023.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Vitamin D deficiency associates with the risk of developing many diseases, including cancer. At the molecular level, vitamin D appears to have an antineoplastic effect. However, the role of vitamin D deficiency in cancer pathogenesis remains unelucidated and numerous studies have resulted in discordant results. This study aimed to determine whether vitamin D deficiency during melanoma diagnosis increases the risk of developing non-cutaneous second primary cancers (SPC). MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective study on 663 patients diagnosed with melanoma between 1 January 2011 and 31 October 2022. The effect of each variable on the development of a subsequent non-cutaneous cancer was performed using Kaplan-Meier curves and differences were assessed by log-rank tests. Cox proportional hazard univariate and multivariate models were used to quantify the effect of each variable in the time to develop a non-cutaneous neoplasia. RESULTS Out of 663 patients, 34 developed a non-cutaneous SPC. There was no statistically significant association between vitamin D levels and non-cutaneous SPC development (log-rank, p=0.761). Age>60 years, stage III/IV, and nodular melanoma subtype were significantly associated with the development of a SPC. After multivariate analysis, only age>60 years (HR 3.4; HR CI 95%: 1.5-7.6) and nodular melanoma subtype (HR 2.2; HR CI 95%: 1.0-4.8) were included in the final model. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that vitamin D deficiency is not associated with an increased risk of developing non-cutaneous SPC in melanoma patients. However, age over 60 years and nodular melanoma subtype increase the risk for non-cutaneous SPC development.
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- A Massa
- Section of Dermatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- School of Medicine, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, València, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain
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- Institute of Medical Biometry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Institute of Experimental Medicine, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- School of Medicine, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, València, Spain; Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain.
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Massa A, Isasi-Fuster A, Requena C, Manrique-Silva E, Kumar R, Nagore E. Nodular Type but Not Vitamin D Levels Increases the Risk of Second Primary Cancers in Melanoma Patients: An Observational Study of 663 Patients. Actas Dermosifiliogr 2024; 115:T143-T149. [PMID: 38048949 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2023.10.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Vitamin D deficiency associates with the risk of developing many diseases, including cancer. At the molecular level, vitamin D appears to have an antineoplastic effect. However, the role of vitamin D deficiency in cancer pathogenesis remains unelucidated and numerous studies have resulted in discordant results. This study aimed to determine whether vitamin D deficiency during melanoma diagnosis increases the risk of developing non-cutaneous second primary cancers (SPC). MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective study on 663 patients diagnosed with melanoma between 1 January 2011 and 31 October 2022. The effect of each variable on the development of a subsequent non-cutaneous cancer was performed using Kaplan-Meier curves and differences were assessed by log-rank tests. Cox proportional hazard univariate and multivariate models were used to quantify the effect of each variable in the time to develop a non-cutaneous neoplasia. RESULTS Out of 663 patients, 34 developed a non-cutaneous SPC. There was no statistically significant association between vitamin D levels and non-cutaneous SPC development (log-rank, p=0.761). Age>60 years, stage III/IV, and nodular melanoma subtype were significantly associated with the development of a SPC. After multivariate analysis, only age>60 years (HR 3.4; HR CI 95%: 1.5-7.6) and nodular melanoma subtype (HR 2.2; HR CI 95%: 1.0-4.8) were included in the final model. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that vitamin D deficiency is not associated with an increased risk of developing non-cutaneous SPC in melanoma patients. However, age over 60 years and nodular melanoma subtype increase the risk for non-cutaneous SPC development.
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- A Massa
- Section of Dermatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, València, Spain
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain
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- Institute of Medical Biometry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Institute of Experimental Medicine, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, València, Spain; Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain.
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Ríos-Viñuela E, Mayo-Martínez F, Nagore E, Millan-Esteban D, Requena C, Sanmartín O, Llombart B. Combined Merkel Cell Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review. Cancers (Basel) 2024; 16:411. [PMID: 38254900 PMCID: PMC10814983 DOI: 10.3390/cancers16020411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 01/14/2024] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Combined Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) have classically been regarded as more aggressive than conventional, pure, Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV)-positive MCC. It is still unknown whether combined MCC and SCC are more aggressive than pure, MCPyV-negative MCC, and the origin of both the SCC and MCC elements of these combined tumors has not been elucidated. The main objective of this systematic review was to assess whether combined MCC and SCC tumors are associated with a worse prognosis than pure MCC; the secondary goals were the characterization of the clinical and histopathological features of these combined neoplasms. A total of 38 studies, including 152 patients, were selected for review. In total, 76% of the cases were MCPyV-negative, whereas 4% were MCPyV-positive. The most frequent histopathological pattern was that of an SCC in situ combined with a dermal MCC (36%), followed by both an in situ and invasive SCC combined with a dermal MCC (20%). Forty-seven percent of all cases fitted in the morphology of the so-called "collision tumors". Three combined MCC cases that would fit in the morphological category of collision tumors presented both squamous and neuroendocrine elements in their respective nodal metastases. The mean overall survival was 36 months, comparable to that of pure, MCPyV-negative MCC. This review found similarly aggressive behavior for combined MCC and SCC and pure, MCPyV-negative MCC. Preliminary data strongly suggest that all MCPyV-negative MCC tumors, whether combined or pure, are part of a common spectrum.
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- Elisa Ríos-Viñuela
- Escuela de Doctorado, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, 46001 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, 46009 Valencia, Spain (E.N.); (O.S.)
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- Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, 46009 Valencia, Spain (E.N.); (O.S.)
- School of Medicine, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, 46001 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, 46009 Valencia, Spain (E.N.); (O.S.)
- School of Medicine, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, 46001 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, 46009 Valencia, Spain (E.N.); (O.S.)
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- Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, 46009 Valencia, Spain (E.N.); (O.S.)
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- Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, 46009 Valencia, Spain (E.N.); (O.S.)
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Gómez-Olivas JD, Campos-Rodriguez F, Nagore E, Martorell A, García-Rio F, Cubillos C, Hernandez L, Bañuls J, Arias E, Ortiz P, Cabriada V, Gardeazabal J, Montserrat JM, Carrera C, Masa JF, Gomez de Terreros J, Abad J, Boada A, Mediano O, Castillo-Garcia M, Chiner E, Landete P, Mayos M, Fortuna A, Barbé F, Sanchez-de-la-Torre M, Cano-Pumarega I, Perez-Gil A, Gomez-Garcia T, Cullen D, Somoza M, Formigon M, Aizpuru F, Oscullo G, Garcia-Ortega A, Almendros I, Farré R, Gozal D, Martinez-Garcia MA. Role of Sleep Apnea and Long-Term CPAP Treatment in the Prognosis of Patients With Melanoma: A Prospective Multicenter Study of 443 Patients. Chest 2023; 164:1551-1559. [PMID: 37348828 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2022] [Revised: 05/20/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND OSA has been associated with increased incidence and aggressiveness of melanoma. However, the long-term impact of OSA and CPAP treatment on the prognosis of melanoma remains unexplored. RESEARCH QUESTION Are OSA and CPAP treatment associated independently with a poor prognosis for cutaneous melanoma? STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Four hundred forty-three patients with a diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma (2012-2015) underwent a sleep study within 6 months of diagnosis. The main 5-year outcome of the study was a composite of melanoma recurrence, metastasis, or mortality. Patients were divided into four groups: baseline apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) of fewer than 10 events/h (no OSA; control group), OSA treated with CPAP and good adherence, untreated or poor CPAP adherence in moderate (AHI, 10-29 events/h), and severe OSA (AHI, ≥ 30 events/h). Survival analysis was used to determine the independent role of OSA and CPAP treatment on melanoma composite outcome. RESULTS Three hundred ninety-one patients (88.2%) were available for analysis at 5-year follow-up (mean age, 65.1 ± 15.2 years; 49% male; Breslow index, 1.7 ± 2.5 mm). One hundred thirty-nine patients had AHI of fewer than 10 events/h (control group); 78 patients with OSA were adherent to CPAP; and 124 and 50 patients had moderate and severe OSA, respectively, without CPAP treatment. Median follow-up was 60 months (interquartile range, 51-74 months). During follow-up, 32 relapses, 53 metastases, and 52 deaths occurred (116 patients showed at least one of the main composite outcomes). After adjusting for age, sex, sentinel lymph nodes affected at diagnosis, BMI, diabetes, nighttime with an oxygen saturation below 90%, Breslow index, Epworth sleepiness scale scores, and melanoma treatment, moderate (hazard ratio [HR], 2.45; 95% CI, 1.09-5.49) and severe OSA (HR, 2.96; 95% CI, 1.36-6.42) were associated with poorer prognosis of melanoma compared with the control group. However, good adherence to CPAP avoided this excess risk (HR, 1.66; 95% CI, 0.71-3.90). INTERPRETATION Moderate to severe untreated OSA is an independent risk factor for poor prognosis of melanoma. Treatment with CPAP is associated with improved melanoma outcomes compared with untreated moderate to severe OSA.
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- Jose Daniel Gómez-Olivas
- Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario y Politecnico la Fe, Hospital de Manises, Valencia, Spain
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- Respiratory Department, Instituto Andaluz de Investigación, Seville, Spain; Hospital Valme, IBIS, Instituto Andaluz de Investigación, Seville, Spain; CIBERes, VCIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain
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- Dermatology Department, Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia, Hospital de Manises, Valencia, Spain
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- Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPaz, Spain; CIBERes, VCIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain
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- Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPaz, Spain; CIBERes, VCIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain
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- Respiratory Department, Hospital General Universitario Balmis de Alicante, UMH, Spain; Clinical Medicine Department, UMH, Spain
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- Dermatology Department, Hospital General Universitario Balmis de Alicante, UMH, Spain; Clinical Medicine Department, UMH, Spain
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- Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Spain
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- Dermatology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Spain
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- Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Dermatology Department, Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain
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- CIBERes, VCIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain; Respiratory Department, Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS, Spain
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- CIBERes, VCIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain; Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario San Pedro de Alcantara, Caceres, Spain
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- CIBERes, VCIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain; Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario San Pedro de Alcantara, Caceres, Spain
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- Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario Germans Trials I Pujol, Spain
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- Dermatology Department, Hospital Universitario Germans Trials I Pujol, Spain
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- CIBERes, VCIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain; Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario General de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario General de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Spain
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- CIBERes, VCIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain; Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Spain
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- CIBERes, VCIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain; Group of Precision Medicine in Chronic Diseases, Respiratory Department, University Hospital Arnau de Vilanova and Santa María, Spain; Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida. IRBLleida, Lleida, Spain
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- CIBERes, VCIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain; Group of Precision Medicine in Chronic Diseases, Respiratory Department, University Hospital Arnau de Vilanova and Santa María, Spain; Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida. IRBLleida, Lleida, Spain
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- Dermatology Department, Instituto Andaluz de Investigación, Seville, Spain
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- Respiratory Department, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Madrid, Spain; CIBERes, VCIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain
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- Dermatology Department, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Respiratory Department, Consorcio Sanitario Terrassa, Spain
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- Biostatistical Service, BioAraba, Health Research Institute, OSI Araba University Hospital, Basque Health Service, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Spain
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- Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario y Politecnico la Fe, Hospital de Manises, Valencia, Spain
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- Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario y Politecnico la Fe, Hospital de Manises, Valencia, Spain
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- Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain; CIBERes, VCIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain; Unitat de Biofisica i Bioenginyeria, Facultat de Medicina i Ciencies de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain; CIBERes, VCIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain; Unitat de Biofisica i Bioenginyeria, Facultat de Medicina i Ciencies de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Child Health and Child Health Research Institute, School of Medicine, The University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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- Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario y Politecnico la Fe, Hospital de Manises, Valencia, Spain; CIBERes, VCIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain.
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Garcia-Casado Z, Millán-Esteban D, Manrique-Silva E, Requena C, Traves V, Nagore E. Germline cancer-related mutations detected by routine targeted NGS for tumour analysis: A series of 357 melanoma patients. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2023; 37:e1384-e1387. [PMID: 37422710 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.19323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/10/2023]
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- Z Garcia-Casado
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- School of Medicine, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Pathological Anatomy, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- School of Medicine, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, Spain
- Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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Pellegrini C, Cardelli L, Ghiorzo P, Pastorino L, Potrony M, García-Casado Z, Elefanti L, Stefanaki I, Mastrangelo M, Necozione S, Aguilera P, Rodríguez-Hernández A, Di Nardo L, Rocco T, Del Regno L, Badenas C, Carrera C, Malvehy J, Requena C, Bañuls J, Stratigos AJ, Peris K, Menin C, Calista D, Nagore E, Puig S, Landi MT, Fargnoli MC. High- and intermediate-risk susceptibility variants in melanoma families from the Mediterranean area: A multicentre cohort from the MelaNostrum Consortium. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2023; 37:2498-2508. [PMID: 37611275 PMCID: PMC10842987 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.19461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Most of large epidemiological studies on melanoma susceptibility have been conducted on fair skinned individuals (US, Australia and Northern Europe), while Southern European populations, characterized by high UV exposure and dark-skinned individuals, are underrepresented. OBJECTIVES We report a comprehensive pooled analysis of established high- and intermediate-penetrance genetic variants and clinical characteristics of Mediterranean melanoma families from the MelaNostrum Consortium. METHODS Pooled epidemiological, clinical and genetic (CDKN2A, CDK4, ACD, BAP1, POT1, TERT, and TERF2IP and MC1R genes) retrospective data of melanoma families, collected within the MelaNostrum Consortium in Greece, Italy and Spain, were analysed. Univariate methods and multivariate logistic regression models were used to evaluate the association of variants with characteristics of families and of affected and unaffected family members. Subgroup analysis was performed for each country. RESULTS We included 839 families (1365 affected members and 2123 unaffected individuals). Pathogenic/likely pathogenic CDKN2A variants were identified in 13.8% of families. The strongest predictors of melanoma were ≥2 multiple primary melanoma cases (OR 8.1; 95% CI 3.3-19.7), >3 affected members (OR 2.6; 95% CI 1.3-5.2) and occurrence of pancreatic cancer (OR 4.8; 95% CI 2.4-9.4) in the family (AUC 0.76, 95% CI 0.71-0.82). We observed low frequency variants in POT1 (3.8%), TERF2IP (2.5%), ACD (0.8%) and BAP1 (0.3%). MC1R common variants (≥2 variants and ≥2 RHC variants) were associated with melanoma risk (OR 1.4; 95% CI 1.0-2.0 and OR 4.3; 95% CI 1.2-14.6, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Variants in known high-penetrance genes explain nearly 20% of melanoma familial aggregation in Mediterranean areas. CDKN2A melanoma predictors were identified with potential clinical relevance for cancer risk assessment.
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- C Pellegrini
- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genetica dei Tumori rari, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genetica dei Tumori rari, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Center on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain
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- Immunology and Diagnostic Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- 1st Department of Dermatology-Venereology, Andreas Sygros Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Epidemiology Unit, Department of Life, Health and Environmental Science, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Center on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- UOC Dermatologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Dermatologia, Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia Traslazionale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
- Dermatology Unit, Ospedale San Salvatore, L'Aquila, Italy
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- UOC Dermatologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Dermatologia, Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia Traslazionale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Center on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Center on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Center on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- 1st Department of Dermatology-Venereology, Andreas Sygros Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- UOC Dermatologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Dermatologia, Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia Traslazionale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Immunology and Diagnostic Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Maurizio Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Center on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
- Dermatology Unit, Ospedale San Salvatore, L'Aquila, Italy
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Millan-Esteban D, García-Casado Z, Macià A, de la Rosa I, Torrecilla-Vall-Llossera C, Penin RM, Manrique-Silva E, Pellegrini S, Biasin MR, Rizzolo P, Gavillero A, Di Stefani A, Pellegrini C, Requena C, Fargnoli MC, Peris K, Cota C, Menin C, Landi MT, Nagore E. Molecular Profile of Subungual Melanoma: A MelaNostrum Consortium Study of 68 Cases Reporting BRAF, NRAS, KIT, and TERT Promoter Status. Dermatology 2023; 240:164-169. [PMID: 37918362 DOI: 10.1159/000534955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Subungual melanoma (SM) is an unusual type of melanocytic tumor affecting the nail apparatus. The mutational prevalence of the most prominently mutated genes in melanoma has been reported in small cohorts of SM, with unclear conclusions on whether SM is different from the rest of melanomas arising in acral locations or not. Hence, the molecular profile of a large series of SM is yet to be described. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to describe the molecular characteristics of a large series of SM and their association with demographic and histopathological features. METHODS Patients diagnosed with SM between 2001 and 2021 were identified from six Spanish and Italian healthcare centers. The mutational status for BRAF, NRAS, KIT, and the promoter region of TERT (TERTp) were determined either by Sanger sequencing or next-generation sequencing. Clinical data were retrieved from the hospital databases to elucidate potential associations. RESULTS A total of 68 SM cases were included. Mutations were most common in BRAF (10.3%) and KIT (10%), followed by NRAS (7.6%), and TERTp (3.8%). Their prevalence was similar to that of non-subungual acral melanoma but higher in SM located on the hand than on the foot. CONCLUSIONS To date, this study represents the largest cohort of SM patients with data on the known driver gene mutations. The low mutation rate supports a different etiopathogenic mechanism for SM in comparison of non-acral cutaneous melanoma, particularly for SM of the foot.
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- David Millan-Esteban
- School of Medicine, Universidad Católica de València San Vicente Mártir, València, Spain
- Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Oncological Pathology Group, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Oncological Pathology Group, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Bellvitge, Spain
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- Pathology Unit, Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Dermatopathology, San Gallicano Dermatological Institute IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- School of Medicine, Universidad Católica de València San Vicente Mártir, València, Spain
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- Dermatologia, Dipartimento Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Dermatologia, Dipartimento Universitario di Medicina e Chirurgia Traslazionale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
- Dermatology Unit, Osppedale San Salvatore, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Dermatologia, Dipartimento Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Dermatologia, Dipartimento Universitario di Medicina e Chirurgia Traslazionale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Dermatopathology, San Gallicano Dermatological Institute IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- School of Medicine, Universidad Católica de València San Vicente Mártir, València, Spain
- Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain
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Peris K, Fargnoli MC, Kaufmann R, Arenberger P, Bastholt L, Seguin NB, Bataille V, Brochez L, Del Marmol V, Dummer R, Forsea AM, Gaudy-Marqueste C, Harwood CA, Hauschild A, Höller C, Kandolf L, Kellerners-Smeets NWJ, Lallas A, Leiter U, Malvehy J, Marinović B, Mijuskovic Z, Moreno-Ramirez D, Nagore E, Nathan P, Stratigos AJ, Stockfleth E, Tagliaferri L, Trakatelli M, Vieira R, Zalaudek I, Garbe C. European consensus-based interdisciplinary guideline for diagnosis and treatment of basal cell carcinoma-update 2023. Eur J Cancer 2023; 192:113254. [PMID: 37604067 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2023.113254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
Abstract
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common malignant tumour in white populations. Multidisciplinary experts from European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO), European Dermatology Forum, European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO), Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes, and the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology developed updated recommendations on diagnosis and treatment of BCC. BCCs were categorised into 'easy-to-treat' (common) and 'difficult-to-treat' according to the new EADO clinical classification. Diagnosis is based on clinico-dermatoscopic features, although histopathological confirmation is mandatory in equivocal lesions. The first-line treatment of BCC is complete surgery. Micrographically controlled surgery shall be offered in high-risk and recurrent BCC, and BCC located on critical anatomical sites. Topical therapies and destructive approaches can be considered in patients with low-risk superficial BCC. Photodynamic therapy is an effective treatment for superficial and low-risk nodular BCCs. Management of 'difficult-to-treat' BCCs should be discussed by a multidisciplinary tumour board. Hedgehog inhibitors (HHIs), vismodegib or sonidegib, should be offered to patients with locally advanced and metastatic BCC. Immunotherapy with anti-PD1 antibodies (cemiplimab) is a second-line treatment in patients with a progression of disease, contraindication, or intolerance to HHI therapy. Radiotherapy represents a valid alternative in patients who are not candidates for or decline surgery, especially elderly patients. Electrochemotherapy may be offered when surgery or radiotherapy is contraindicated. In Gorlin patients, regular skin examinations are required to diagnose and treat BCCs at an early stage. Long-term follow-up is recommended in patients with high-risk BCC, multiple BCCs, and Gorlin syndrome.
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- Ketty Peris
- Institute of Dermatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Dermatovenereology, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Oncology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
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- Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, School of Basic & Medical Biosciences, King's College London, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Dermatology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich and University Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Oncologic Dermatology, Elias University Hospital Bucharest, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- Centre for Cell Biology and Cutaneous Research, Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia
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- GROW-School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands; Department of Dermatology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- First Department of Dermatology, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Centre for Dermatooncology, Department of Dermatology, Eberhard-Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (Melanoma Unit), University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona & CIBERER, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Dermatology. Medicine School, University of Seville, University Hospital Virgen Macarena, Seville-Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia, Valencia, Spain
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- First Department of Dermatology-Venereology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Andreas Sygros Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Dermatology, Skin Cancer Center, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44791 Bochum, Germany
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, UOC di Radioterapia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche, Radioterapiche ed Ematologiche, Rome, Italy
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- Second Department of Dermatology, Aristotle University Medical School, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Coimbra Hospital and Universitary Centre, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Dermatology Clinic, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Centre for Dermatooncology, Department of Dermatology, Eberhard-Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany
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Chousakos E, Zugna D, Dika E, Boada A, Podlipnik S, Carrera C, Malvehy J, Puig S, Requena C, Manrique-Silva E, Nagore E, Quaglino P, Senetta R, Ribero S. Topographical and Chronological Analysis of Thin Cutaneous Melanoma's Progressions: A Multicentric Study. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:3989. [PMID: 37568805 PMCID: PMC10416930 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15153989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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A great portion of cutaneous melanoma's diagnoses nowadays is attributed to thin tumors with up to 1 mm in Breslow thickness (hereafter thin CMs), which occasionally metastasize. The objective of this study was to identify thin CM's metastatic patterns from a topographical and chronological standpoint. A total of 204 cases of metastatic thin CMs from five specialized centers were included in the study, and corresponding data were collected (clinical, epidemiological, histopathological information of primary tumor and the number, anatomical site, and time intervals of their progressions). First progressions occurred locally, in regional lymph nodes, and in a distant site in 24%, 15% and 61% of cases, respectively, with a median time to first progression of 3.10 years (IQR: 1.09-5.24). The median elapsed time between the first and second progression and between the second and third progression was 0.82 (IQR: 0.34-1.97) and 0.49 (IQR: 0.21-2.30) years, respectively, while the median survival time was about 4 years since first progression. Furthermore, the sequences of locations and time intervals of the progressions were associated with the clinicopathological and demographic features of the primary tumors along with the features of the preceding progressions. In conclusion, the findings of this study describe the natural history of thin CMs, thus highlighting the necessity to identify subgroups of thin CMs at a higher risk for metastasis and contributing to the optimization of the management and follow-up of thin CM patients.
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- Emmanouil Chousakos
- 1st Department of Pathology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy;
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- Oncologic Dermatology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy;
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy
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- Dermatology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d’Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain;
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- Melanoma Unit, Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d’ Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (S.P.); (C.C.); (J.M.); (S.P.)
- CIBER de Enfermedades Raras, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Barcelona, Spain
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- Melanoma Unit, Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d’ Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (S.P.); (C.C.); (J.M.); (S.P.)
- CIBER de Enfermedades Raras, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Barcelona, Spain
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- Melanoma Unit, Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d’ Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (S.P.); (C.C.); (J.M.); (S.P.)
- CIBER de Enfermedades Raras, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Barcelona, Spain
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- Melanoma Unit, Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d’ Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (S.P.); (C.C.); (J.M.); (S.P.)
- CIBER de Enfermedades Raras, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Barcelona, Spain
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- Dermatology Department, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, 46009 Valencia, Spain; (C.R.); (E.M.-S.); (E.N.)
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- Dermatology Department, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, 46009 Valencia, Spain; (C.R.); (E.M.-S.); (E.N.)
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- Dermatology Department, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, 46009 Valencia, Spain; (C.R.); (E.M.-S.); (E.N.)
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- Dermatology Clinic, Medical Sciences Department, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy; (P.Q.); (S.R.)
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Oncology, University of Turin, 10124 Turin, Italy;
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- Dermatology Clinic, Medical Sciences Department, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy; (P.Q.); (S.R.)
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Longo C, Navarrete-Dechent C, Tschandl P, Apalla Z, Argenziano G, Braun RP, Bataille V, Cabo H, Hoffmann-Wellhenhof R, Forsea AM, Garbe C, Guitera P, Raimond K, Marghoob AA, Malvehy J, del Marmol V, Moreno D, Nehal KS, Nagore E, Paoli J, Pellacani G, Peris K, Puig S, Soyer HP, Swetter S, Stratigos A, Stolz W, Thomas L, Tiodorovic D, Zalaudek I, Kittler H, Lallas A. Delphi Consensus Among International Experts on the Diagnosis, Management, and Surveillance for Lentigo Maligna. Dermatol Pract Concept 2023; 13:dpc.1303a244. [PMID: 37403983 PMCID: PMC10412039 DOI: 10.5826/dpc.1303a244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Melanoma of the lentigo maligna (LM) type is challenging. There is lack of consensus on the optimal diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. OBJECTIVES To obtain general consensus on the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up for LM. METHODS A modified Delphi method was used. The invited participants were either members of the International Dermoscopy Society, academic experts, or authors of published articles relating to skin cancer and melanoma. Participants were required to respond across three rounds using a 4-point Likert scale). Consensus was defined as >75% of participants agreeing/strongly agreeing or disagreeing/strongly disagreeing. RESULTS Of the 31 experts invited to participate in this Delphi study, 29 participants completed Round 1 (89.9% response rate), 25/31 completed Round 2 (77.5% response rate), and 25/31 completed Round 3 (77.5% response rate). Experts agreed that LM diagnosis should be based on a clinical and dermatoscopic approach (92%) followed by a biopsy. The most appropriate primary treatment of LM was deemed to be margin-controlled surgery (83.3%), although non-surgical modalities, especially imiquimod, were commonly used either as alternative off-label primary treatment in selected patients or as adjuvant therapy following surgery; 62% participants responded life-long clinical follow-up was needed for LM. CONCLUSIONS Clinical and histological diagnosis of LM is challenging and should be based on macroscopic, dermatoscopic, and RCM examination followed by a biopsy. Different treatment modalities and follow-up should be carefully discussed with the patient.
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- Caterina Longo
- Department of Dermatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
- Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale – IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Skin Cancer Center, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Melanoma and Skin Cancer Unit, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Second Dermatology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Dermatology Department “Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas A. Lanari”, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Unit, Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Dermatology Department, Elias University Hospital, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Romania
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- Center for Dermatooncology, Department of Dermatology, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany
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- Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Sydney Melanoma Diagnostic Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, CUB Hôpital Erasme - Brussels University Clinics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Dermatology Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain
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- Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Dermatology Department, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Dermatology Clinic, Department of Clinical Internal, Anesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Dermatology, Università Cattolica-Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- Dermatology Research Centre, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia
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- Department of Dermatology, Pigmented Lesion and Melanoma Program, Stanford University Medical Center and Cancer Institute, Stanford, California
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- Department of Dermatology-Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ‘A. Sygros’ Hospital for Skin and Venereal Diseases, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Dermatology, Allergology, and Environmental Medicine Clinic Thalkirchen, Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Lyon-1 University, and Cancer research center Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Dermatology Clinic, Maggiore Hospital, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- First Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Benavent MP, Viñuela ER, Nagore E, Monteagudo C, Aguerralde M, Cano DM, Llombart B, Guillén CS, Canales IP, Requena C, Sanmartín O. [[Translated article]]Lymphovascular Invasion and High Mitotic Count Are Associated With Increased Risk of Recurrence in Pleomorphic Dermal Sarcoma. Actas Dermosifiliogr 2023:S0001-7310(23)00479-9. [PMID: 37302481 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2023.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Atypical fibroxanthoma and pleomorphic dermal sarcoma (PDS) are rare mesenchymal tumors. Due to the low incidence of PDS and a historically confusing nomenclature, little is known about the true aggressiveness of this tumor. The aim of this study was to investigate clinical and histologic risk factors for recurrence in PDS. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective, observational, bicentric study of 31 PDSs diagnosed and treated at Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia and Instituto Valenciano de Oncología in Valencia, Spain, between 2005 and 2020. We described the clinical and histologic features of these tumors and performed univariate analysis and multivariate Cox regression analysis. RESULTS In the univariate analysis, tumor recurrence (P < .001), necrosis (P = .020), lymphovascular invasion (P = .037), perineural invasion (P = .041), and mitotic count (< 18 vs ≥ 18 mitoses per 10 high-power fields) (P = .093) were associated with worse disease-free survival. In the multivariate Cox regression analysis, mitotic count and lymphovascular invasion retained their significance as predictors of worse disease-free survival (P < .05). CONCLUSIONS PDS is an aggressive tumor in which a high mitotic count (≥ 18) and lymphovascular invasion are associated with a higher risk of recurrence and worse disease-free survival. Necrosis and perineural invasion are also probably linked to increased tumor aggressiveness.
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- M Pons Benavent
- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Virgen de Los Lírios, Alcoy (Alicante), España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, España.
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital de Tortosa Verge de la Cinta, Tortosa (Tarragona), España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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Requena C, Traves V, Ferrandis E, Almero MA, Casado ZG, Silva EM, Briz ÁS, Escalonilla P, Nagore E. [[Translated article]]Melanoma arising in plaque-type blue nevus and dermal melanocytosis: Diagnostic and prognostic value of BAP1. Actas Dermosifiliogr 2023:S0001-7310(23)00477-5. [PMID: 37302484 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2023.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023] Open
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Melanoma arising in blue nevus, also known as melanoma ex blue nevus, is a specific form of melanoma whose genetic profile is different to that of other cutaneous melanomas and surprisingly similar to that of uveal melanoma. Although melanoma ex blue nevus can appear de novo, it usually arises in a preexisting blue nevus or dermal melanocytosis. Not all nodular lesions arising in association with blue nevus or dermal melanocytosis are melanomas, however, and because clinical and histologic findings may be insufficient for a definitive diagnosis, additional studies such as comparative genomic hybridization are important. Detection of chromosomal aberrations supports a diagnosis of malignancy. Studies of the BAP1 gene are particularly useful in this setting because loss of expression is indicative of melanoma. We present 3 cases on the spectrum of blue nevus to melanoma ex blue nevus that were studied using molecular biology techniques.
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- C Requena
- Servicios de Dermatología, Anatomía Patológica, Spain; Otorrinolaringología y Biología molecular, Spain; del Instituto Valenciano de Oncología. Servicios de Anatomía Patológica, Spain; del Hospital Universitario Salamanca y Dermatología, Spain; del Hospital Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles de Ávila, Spain.
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- Servicios de Dermatología, Anatomía Patológica, Spain
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- Otorrinolaringología y Biología molecular, Spain
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- del Instituto Valenciano de Oncología. Servicios de Anatomía Patológica, Spain
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- Servicios de Dermatología, Anatomía Patológica, Spain; Otorrinolaringología y Biología molecular, Spain; del Instituto Valenciano de Oncología. Servicios de Anatomía Patológica, Spain; del Hospital Universitario Salamanca y Dermatología, Spain; del Hospital Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles de Ávila, Spain
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- del Hospital Universitario Salamanca y Dermatología, Spain
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- del Hospital Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles de Ávila, Spain
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- Servicios de Dermatología, Anatomía Patológica, Spain; Otorrinolaringología y Biología molecular, Spain; del Instituto Valenciano de Oncología. Servicios de Anatomía Patológica, Spain; del Hospital Universitario Salamanca y Dermatología, Spain; del Hospital Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles de Ávila, Spain
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Goldstein AM, Qin R, Chu EY, Elder DE, Massi D, Adams DJ, Harms PW, Robles-Espinoza CD, Newton-Bishop JA, Bishop DT, Harland M, Holland EA, Cust AE, Schmid H, Mann GJ, Puig S, Potrony M, Alos L, Nagore E, Millán-Esteban D, Hayward NK, Broit N, Palmer JM, Nathan V, Berry EG, Astiazaran-Symonds E, Yang XR, Tucker MA, Landi MT, Pfeiffer RM, Sargen MR. Association of germline variants in telomere maintenance genes ( POT1, TERF2IP, ACD, and TERT) with spitzoid morphology in familial melanoma: A multi-center case series. JAAD Int 2023; 11:43-51. [PMID: 36876055 PMCID: PMC9978843 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdin.2023.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Background Spitzoid morphology in familial melanoma has been associated with germline variants in POT1, a telomere maintenance gene (TMG), suggesting a link between telomere biology and spitzoid differentiation. Objective To assess if familial melanoma cases associated with germline variants in TMG (POT1, ACD, TERF2IP, and TERT) commonly exhibit spitzoid morphology. Methods In this case series, melanomas were classified as having spitzoid morphology if at least 3 of 4 dermatopathologists reported this finding in ≥25% of tumor cells. Logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios (OR) of spitzoid morphology compared to familial melanomas from unmatched noncarriers that were previously reviewed by a National Cancer Institute dermatopathologist. Results Spitzoid morphology was observed in 77% (23 of 30), 75% (3 of 4), 50% (2 of 4), and 50% (1 of 2) of melanomas from individuals with germline variants in POT1, TERF2IP, ACD, and TERT, respectively. Compared to noncarriers (n = 139 melanomas), POT1 carriers (OR = 225.1, 95% confidence interval: 51.7-980.5; P < .001) and individuals with TERF2IP, ACD, and TERT variants (OR = 82.4, 95% confidence interval: 21.3-494.6; P < .001) had increased odds of spitzoid morphology. Limitations Findings may not be generalizable to nonfamilial melanoma cases. Conclusion Spitzoid morphology in familial melanoma could suggest germline alteration of TMG.
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- Alisa M. Goldstein
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Section of Pathological Anatomy, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Experimental Cancer Genetics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, England
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Experimental Cancer Genetics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, England
- Laboratorio Internacional de Investigación sobre el Genoma Humano, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Juriquilla, Santiago de Querétaro, Qro, Mexico
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- Division of Haematology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Research at St James’s, University of Leeds, Leeds, England
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- Division of Haematology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Research at St James’s, University of Leeds, Leeds, England
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- Division of Haematology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Research at St James’s, University of Leeds, Leeds, England
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- The Daffodil Centre, The University of Sydney, a joint venture with Cancer Council, NSW, Sydney, Australia
- Centre for Cancer Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- The Daffodil Centre, The University of Sydney, a joint venture with Cancer Council, NSW, Sydney, Australia
- Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- The Daffodil Centre, The University of Sydney, a joint venture with Cancer Council, NSW, Sydney, Australia
- Centre for Cancer Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Melanoma Unit, Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona University, Barcelona, Spain
- Centre of Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), ISCIII, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre of Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), ISCIII, Barcelona, Spain
- Melanoma Unit, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona University, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pathology Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain
- School of Medicine, Universidad Católica de València San Vicente Mártir, València, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain
- School of Medicine, Universidad Católica de València San Vicente Mártir, València, Spain
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
- Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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Requena C, Traves V, Ferrandis E, Antón Almero M, García-Casado Z, Manrique-Silva E, Santos Briz Á, Escalonilla P, Nagore E. Melanoma Arising in Plaque-Type Blue Nevus and Dermal Melanocytosis: Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of BAP1. Actas Dermosifiliogr 2023:S0001-7310(23)00299-5. [PMID: 37088284 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2023.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023] Open
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Melanoma arising in blue nevus, also known as melanoma ex blue nevus, is a specific form of melanoma whose genetic profile is different to that of other cutaneous melanomas and surprisingly similar to that of uveal melanoma. Although melanoma ex blue nevus can appear de novo, it usually arises in a preexisting blue nevus or dermal melanocytosis. Not all nodular lesions arising in association with blue nevus or dermal melanocytosis are melanomas, however, and because clinical and histologic findings may be insufficient for a definitive diagnosis, additional studies such as comparative genomic hybridization are important. Detection of chromosomal aberrations supports a diagnosis of malignancy. Studies of the BAP1 gene are particularly useful in this setting because loss of expression is indicative of melanoma. We present 3 cases on the spectrum of blue nevus to melanoma ex blue nevus that were studied using molecular biology techniques.
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- del Instituto Valenciano de Oncología. Servicios de Anatomía Patológica, Spain
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- del Hospital Universitario Salamanca y Dermatología del Hospital Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles de Ávila, Spain
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- Servicios de Dermatología, Spain
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Pons Benavent M, Ríos-Viñuela E, Nagore E, Monteagudo C, Aguerralde M, Mata Cano D, Llombart B, Serra-Guillén C, Pinazo Canales I, Requena C, Sanmartín O. Lymphovascular Invasion and High Mitotic Count Are Associated With Increased Risk of Recurrence in Pleomorphic Dermal Sarcoma. Actas Dermosifiliogr 2023:S0001-7310(23)00301-0. [PMID: 37088288 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2023.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Atypical fibroxanthoma and pleomorphic dermal sarcoma (PDS) are rare mesenchymal tumors. Due to the low incidence of PDS and a historically confusing nomenclature, little is known about the true aggressiveness of this tumor. The aim of this study was to investigate clinical and histologic risk factors for recurrence in PDS. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective, observational, bicentric study of 31 PDSs diagnosed and treated at Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia and Instituto Valenciano de Oncología in Valencia, Spain, between 2005 and 2020. We described the clinical and histologic features of these tumors and performed univariate analysis and multivariate Cox regression analysis. RESULTS In the univariate analysis, tumor recurrence (P < .001), necrosis (P = .020), lymphovascular invasion (P = .037), perineural invasion (P = .041), and mitotic count (< 18 vs ≥ 18 mitoses per 10 high-power fields) (P = .093) were associated with worse disease-free survival. In the multivariate Cox regression analysis, mitotic count and lymphovascular invasion retained their significance as predictors of worse disease-free survival (P < .05). CONCLUSIONS PDS is an aggressive tumor in which a high mitotic count (≥ 18) and lymphovascular invasion are associated with a higher risk of recurrence and worse disease-free survival. Necrosis and perineural invasion are also probably linked to increased tumor aggressiveness.
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- M Pons Benavent
- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Virgen de Los Lírios, Alcoy (Alicante), España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, España.
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital de Tortosa Verge de la Cinta, Tortosa (Tarragona), España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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Requena C, Manrique E, Nagore E. [[Translated article]]Update on Lentigo Maligna: Diagnostic Signs and Treatment. Actas Dermosifiliogr 2023; 114:T413-T424. [PMID: 37086944 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2023.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/24/2023] Open
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Lentigo maligna (LM) is an in situ cutaneous melanoma that arises in sun-damaged skin. Its most common presentation is a progressive, slow-growing, irregularly pigmented spot on the face of older patients. Although the exact percentage of LMs that progress to invasive tumors is unknown, it is thought to lie between 2% and 5%. Both the clinical and histologic diagnosis of LM can be challenging, especially in patients with early-stage or atypical disease. Treatment also holds challenges, because lesions are located in highly visible areas and are often large. Surgery can thus compromise cosmetic and sometimes functional outcomes. We review clinical and histopathological findings that can facilitate the diagnosis of LM. We also examine treatment options, with a focus on surgery.
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- C Requena
- Servicio de Dermatología. Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain.
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- Servicio de Dermatología. Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Servicio de Dermatología. Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain.
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Requena C, Manrique E, Nagore E. Update on Lentigo Maligna: Diagnostic Signs and Treatment. Actas Dermosifiliogr 2023; 114:413-424. [PMID: 36925098 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2023.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/15/2023] Open
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Lentigo maligna (LM) is an in situ cutaneous melanoma that arises in sun-damaged skin. Its most common presentation is a progressive, slow-growing, irregularly pigmented spot on the face of older patients. Although the exact percentage of LMs that progress to invasive tumors is unknown, it is thought to lie between 2% and 5%. Both the clinical and histologic diagnosis of LM can be challenging, especially in patients with early-stage or atypical disease. Treatment also holds challenges, because lesions are located in highly visible areas and are often large. Surgery can thus compromise cosmetic and sometimes functional outcomes. We review clinical and histopathological findings that can facilitate the diagnosis of LM. We also examine treatment options, with a focus on surgery.
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- C Requena
- Servicio de Dermatología. Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain.
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- Servicio de Dermatología. Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Servicio de Dermatología. Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain.
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Martin-Gorgojo A, García-Doval I, Buendía-Eisman A, Nagore E. [Translated article] Analysis of Undergraduate Dermatology Syllabi at Spanish Universities: Does the Weight of Theoretical Content Match the Skin Conditions Seen in Primary Care and General Dermatology Practices? Actas Dermosifiliogr 2023; 114:T194-T212. [PMID: 36690144 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2022.10.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Undergraduate dermatology courses vary in the nearly 50 Spanish medical faculties that teach the subject. This study aimed to describe the characteristics of these courses and to analyze whether the weight assigned to dermatology topics reflects the caseloads of primary care physicians and general dermatologists in the Spanish national health system. MATERIAL AND METHODS Cross-sectional study of syllabi used in Spanish medical faculties during the 2021-2022 academic year. We determined the number of teaching hours in public and private university curricula and compared the weight of dermatology topics covered to the dermatology caseloads of primary care physicians and general dermatologists as reported in published studies. RESULTS Most medical faculties taught dermatology for one semester. The median number of credits offered was 4.5. On average, lectures covered 24 theoretical topics, and seminars and workshops covered 9 topics. We identified a clear disparity between the percentage of time devoted to dermatology topics in course lectures and the skin conditions usually managed in primary care and general dermatology practices. DISCUSSION The skin diseases most commonly treated by primary care physicians and general dermatologists are underrepresented in the curricula of Spanish medical faculties. The topics that should be given more weight in syllabi, or recovered for inclusion in dermatology courses, should be re-examined. Our findings show that the topics that ideally should be emphasized more are types of dermatitis, infectious skin diseases, acne, psoriasis, rashes, and the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant neoplasms. There should be additional support for the theoretical teaching of these topics.
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- A Martin-Gorgojo
- Sección Especialidades Médicas, Servicio ITS/Dermatología, Organismo Autónomo Madrid Salud, Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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- Unidad de Investigación, Fundación Piel Sana AEDV, Madrid, Spain; Servicio de Dermatología, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain
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- Departamento de Dermatología, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir. Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, Spain
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Tejera-Vaquerizo A, Cañueto J, Nagore E. [Translated article] Tumor Doubling Time in Skin Cancer: Can It Be Estimated and Is It Useful? Actas Dermosifiliogr 2023; 114:T247-T252. [PMID: 36717070 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2022.10.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Skin cancer, like other cancers, is characterized by the uncontrolled growth of transformed cells. Tumor growth has been studied for decades. We review different methods for measuring skin tumor growth and propose a new system for estimating tumor doubling time that could be useful in the management of skin cancer.
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- A Tejera-Vaquerizo
- Unidad de Oncología Cutánea, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Córdoba, Spain; Instituto Dermatológico GlobalDerm, Palma del Río (Córdoba), Spain; Servicio de Dermatología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain.
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain; Servicio de Dermatología, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Unidad de Oncología Cutánea, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Córdoba, Spain; Instituto Dermatológico GlobalDerm, Palma del Río (Córdoba), Spain; Servicio de Dermatología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain; Servicio de Dermatología, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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Martin-Gorgojo A, García-Doval I, Buendía-Eisman A, Nagore E. Analysis of Undergraduate Dermatology Syllabi at Spanish Universities: Does the Weight of Theoretical Content Match the Skin Conditions Seen in Primary Care and General Dermatology Practices? Actas Dermosifiliogr 2023; 114:194-212. [PMID: 36370834 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2022.10.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2022] [Revised: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Undergraduate dermatology courses vary in the nearly 50 Spanish medical faculties that teach the subject. This study aimed to describe the characteristics of these courses and to analyze whether the weight assigned to dermatology topics reflect the caseloads of primary care physicians and general dermatologists in the Spanish national health system. MATERIAL AND METHODS Cross-sectional study of syllabi used in Spanish medical faculties during the 2021-2022 academic year. We determined the number of teaching hours in public and private university curricula and compared the weight of dermatology topics covered to the dermatology caseloads of primary care physicians and general dermatologists as reported in published studies. RESULTS Most medical faculties taught dermatology for one semester. The median number of credits offered was 4.5. On average, lectures covered 24 theoretical topics, and seminars and workshops covered 9 topics. We identified a clear disparity between the percentage of time devoted to dermatology topics in course lectures and the skin conditions usually managed in primary care and general dermatology practices. DISCUSSION The skin diseases most commonly treated by primary care physicians and general dermatologists are underrepresented in the curricula of Spanish medical faculties. The topics that should be given more weight in syllabi, or recovered for inclusion in dermatology courses, should be re-examined. Our findings show that the topics that ideally should be emphasized more are types of dermatitis, infectious skin diseases, acne, psoriasis, rashes, and the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant neoplasms. There should be additional support for the theoretical teaching of these topics.
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- A Martin-Gorgojo
- Sección Especialidades Médicas, Servicio ITS/Dermatología, Organismo Autónomo Madrid Salud, Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Madrid, España.
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- Unidad de Investigación, Fundación Piel Sana AEDV, Madrid, España; Servicio de Dermatología, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Pontevedra, España
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- Departamento de Dermatología, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir. Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, España
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Tejera-Vaquerizo A, Cañueto J, Nagore E. Tumor Doubling Time in Skin Cancer: Can It Be Estimated and Is it Useful? Actas Dermosifiliogr 2023; 114:247-252. [PMID: 36273551 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2022.10.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Skin cancer, like other cancers, is characterized by the uncontrolled growth of transformed cells. Tumor growth has been studied for decades. We review different methods for measuring skin tumor growth and propose a new system for estimating tumor doubling time that could be useful in the management of skin cancer.
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- A Tejera-Vaquerizo
- Unidad de Oncología Cutánea, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Córdoba, España; Instituto Dermatológico GlobalDerm, Palma del Río (Córdoba), España; Servicio de Dermatología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España.
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España; Servicio de Dermatología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Unidad de Oncología Cutánea, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Córdoba, España; Instituto Dermatológico GlobalDerm, Palma del Río (Córdoba), España; Servicio de Dermatología, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España; Servicio de Dermatología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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Pastor-Tomás N, Bañuls J, Nagore E. Clinical Relevance of Cherry Angiomas. Actas Dermosifiliogr 2023; 114:240-246. [PMID: 36370831 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2022.10.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Revised: 10/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Cherry angiomas are the most common vascular tumors of the skin. They are particularly prevalent in the general population and become more common with age. Although an association with cancer was suggested at the end of the 19th century, when these tumors were first described, it could not be demonstrated. For many decades, therefore, cherry angiomas were considered to have no clinical relevance other than their association with age. A number of studies in recent years, however, have shown a link between cherry angiomas and exposure to various toxic substances and medications, benign and malignant diseases, and immunosuppression, rekindling interest in these lesions and providing clues for a better understanding of their etiology, pathophysiology, and clinical relevance.
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- N Pastor-Tomás
- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital General Universitario de Elda, Elda, Alicante,Escuela de Doctorado, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, València, España.
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante-ISABIAL, Alicante, Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, València, España
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Cubillos-Zapata C, Martínez-García MÁ, Díaz-García E, García-Tovar S, Campos-Rodríguez F, Sánchez-de-la-Torre M, Nagore E, Martorell-Calatayud A, Blasco LH, Pastor E, Abad-Capa J, Montserrat JM, Cabriada-Nuño V, Cano-Pumarega I, Corral-Peñafiel J, Arias E, Mediano O, Somoza-González M, Dalmau-Arias J, Almendros I, Farré R, Gozal D, García-Río F. Obstructive sleep apnoea is related to melanoma aggressiveness through paraspeckle protein-1 upregulation. Eur Respir J 2023; 61:13993003.00707-2022. [PMID: 36265878 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00707-2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND In patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), intermittent hypoxia induces overexpression of paraspeckle component (PSPC)1, a master modulator of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β signalling, which promotes cell cancer progression through epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and acquisition of cancer stem cell (CSC)-like features. However, the persistence of intermittent hypoxia-induced effects on PSPC1, and their consequences in cancer patients are not known. To this effect, circulating PSPC1 levels were compared in patients with cutaneous melanoma with or without OSA, and their relationship with tumour aggressiveness along with the in vitro effects of soluble PSPC1 and intermittent hypoxia on melanoma cell aggressiveness mechanisms were assessed. METHODS In 292 cutaneous melanoma patients, sleep studies and serum levels of PSPC1 and TGF-β were evaluated. The effect of PSPC1 on expression of EMT and CSC transcription factors was assessed using melanoma cell lines with patient sera under both normoxia and intermittent hypoxia conditions. RESULTS PSPC1 levels were higher in patients with moderate-severe OSA compared with mild OSA or non-OSA patients. Serum levels of PSPC1 were associated with several cutaneous melanoma clinical aggressiveness indicators. Both intermittent hypoxia exposures and serum from OSA patients upregulated TGF-β expression and amplified the expression of transcription factors associated with EMT activation and acquisition of CSC characteristics. CONCLUSION In cutaneous melanoma patients, OSA severity is associated with higher PSPC1 serum levels, which jointly with intermittent hypoxia would enhance the self-reprogramming capabilities of EMT and CSC feature acquisition of melanoma cells, promoting their intrinsic aggressiveness.
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- Carolina Cubillos-Zapata
- Grupo de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario La Paz-IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- Grupo de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario La Paz-IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
- Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Grupo de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario La Paz-IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- Grupo de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario La Paz-IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
- Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario de Valme, IBIS, Seville, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
- Precision Medicine in Chronic Diseases, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova-Santa Maria, IRB Lleida, Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain
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- Dermatology Department, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Respiratory Department, ISABIAL, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
- Departamento Medicina Clinica, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Elche, Spain
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- Respiratory Department, Hospital san Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
- Respiratory Department, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Centro de investigacion Biomedica, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
- Respiratory Department, Hospital Clinic - IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
- Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario S. Pedro Alcántara, Cáceres, Spain
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- Respiratory Department, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
- Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Dermatology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
- Unitat de Biofísica i Bioenginyeria, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
- Unitat de Biofísica i Bioenginyeria, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Child Health, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Grupo de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario La Paz-IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Bañuls J, Francés L, Nagore E, Armengot-Carbó M, Llambrich À, Sánchez-Pujol MJ, Palazón JC, Niveiro M, Zaballos P. The association between the morphology of vessels in primary cutaneous melanoma on dermoscopy, with the Breslow index, the presence of ulceration, and the dermoscopic signs of extensive regression. Dermatology 2023:000529113. [PMID: 36646058 DOI: 10.1159/000529113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Dermoscopy is a noninvasive technique for the diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma that may play a role in the preoperative assessment of melanoma thickness. With this technique, several vascular morphologies have been identified. The objectives of this study are to study the presence and morphology of blood vessels in a series of primary melanomas and to investigate whether they are related to the Breslow index, the presence of ulceration, and extensive dermoscopic regression. METHODS This cross-sectional study included non-acral, non-facial primary melanomas, with dermoscopic images from four hospitals in Spain. The outcome variables were: the Breslow index, the presence of dermoscopic ulceration, and an extensive dermoscopic regression. The explicative variables were: the presence of vessels, the predominant vessel in the most raised area of the melanoma, and the presence of polymorphous vessels. To study the association between qualitative variables and the Breslow index we used the Kruskal-Wallis test or Mann-Whitney U test, and between qualitative variables, the Chi-square test. To study the magnitude of the association, the ORs (95% CI) were calculated. RESULTS A set of 516 images from melanomas was collected. The presence of vessels was associated with thicker melanomas (p<0.001). Vessel type was associated with different Breslow indexes (p<0.001) (arborizing, linear irregular, corkscrew, glomerular, hairpin, and dotted vessels (in decreasing order)). The polymorphous vessels were associated with thicker melanomas (p<0.001). Linear irregular vessels were associated with ulceration (OR =10.6, 95% CI (4.9-24.0), (p<0.001)) and dotted vessels with the presence of extensive dermoscopic regression (OR=2.7, 95% CI (1.4-5.2), (p=0.003)). The main limitations of this study were the high selection of cases and the difficulty in identifying vessels in pigmented melanomas by dermoscopy. CONCLUSIONS The morphology of blood vessels in cutaneous melanoma on dermoscopy is associated with the Breslow index, the presence of ulceration, and extensive dermoscopic regression.
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Orlow I, Sadeghi KD, Edmiston SN, Kenney JM, Lezcano C, Wilmott JS, Cust AE, Scolyer RA, Mann GJ, Lee TK, Burke H, Jakrot V, Shang P, Ferguson PM, Boyce TW, Ko JS, Ngo P, Funchain P, Rees JR, O'Connell K, Hao H, Parrish E, Conway K, Googe PB, Ollila DW, Moschos SJ, Hernando E, Hanniford D, Argibay D, Amos CI, Lee JE, Osman I, Luo L, Kuan PF, Aurora A, Gould Rothberg BE, Bosenberg MW, Gerstenblith MR, Thompson C, Bogner PN, Gorlov IP, Holmen SL, Brunsgaard EK, Saenger YM, Shen R, Seshan V, Nagore E, Ernstoff MS, Busam KJ, Begg CB, Thomas NE, Berwick M. InterMEL: An international biorepository and clinical database to uncover predictors of survival in early-stage melanoma. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0269324. [PMID: 37011054 PMCID: PMC10069769 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION We are conducting a multicenter study to identify classifiers predictive of disease-specific survival in patients with primary melanomas. Here we delineate the unique aspects, challenges, and best practices for optimizing a study of generally small-sized pigmented tumor samples including primary melanomas of at least 1.05mm from AJTCC TNM stage IIA-IIID patients. We also evaluated tissue-derived predictors of extracted nucleic acids' quality and success in downstream testing. This ongoing study will target 1,000 melanomas within the international InterMEL consortium. METHODS Following a pre-established protocol, participating centers ship formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue sections to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for the centralized handling, dermatopathology review and histology-guided coextraction of RNA and DNA. Samples are distributed for evaluation of somatic mutations using next gen sequencing (NGS) with the MSK-IMPACTTM assay, methylation-profiling (Infinium MethylationEPIC arrays), and miRNA expression (Nanostring nCounter Human v3 miRNA Expression Assay). RESULTS Sufficient material was obtained for screening of miRNA expression in 683/685 (99%) eligible melanomas, methylation in 467 (68%), and somatic mutations in 560 (82%). In 446/685 (65%) cases, aliquots of RNA/DNA were sufficient for testing with all three platforms. Among samples evaluated by the time of this analysis, the mean NGS coverage was 249x, 59 (18.6%) samples had coverage below 100x, and 41/414 (10%) failed methylation QC due to low intensity probes or insufficient Meta-Mixed Interquartile (BMIQ)- and single sample (ss)- Noob normalizations. Six of 683 RNAs (1%) failed Nanostring QC due to the low proportion of probes above the minimum threshold. Age of the FFPE tissue blocks (p<0.001) and time elapsed from sectioning to co-extraction (p = 0.002) were associated with methylation screening failures. Melanin reduced the ability to amplify fragments of 200bp or greater (absent/lightly pigmented vs heavily pigmented, p<0.003). Conversely, heavily pigmented tumors rendered greater amounts of RNA (p<0.001), and of RNA above 200 nucleotides (p<0.001). CONCLUSION Our experience with many archival tissues demonstrates that with careful management of tissue processing and quality control it is possible to conduct multi-omic studies in a complex multi-institutional setting for investigations involving minute quantities of FFPE tumors, as in studies of early-stage melanoma. The study describes, for the first time, the optimal strategy for obtaining archival and limited tumor tissue, the characteristics of the nucleic acids co-extracted from a unique cell lysate, and success rate in downstream applications. In addition, our findings provide an estimate of the anticipated attrition that will guide other large multicenter research and consortia.
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- Irene Orlow
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Tissue Pathology and Diagnostic Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and NSW Health Pathology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- The Daffodil Centre, University of Sydney, a joint venture with Cancer Council New South Wales, Australia
- Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Tissue Pathology and Diagnostic Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and NSW Health Pathology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Centre for Cancer Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
- John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- British Columbia Cancer Research Center, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Tissue Pathology and Diagnostic Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and New South Wales Health Pathology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, The University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Urology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America
- Department of Dermatology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Smilow Cancer Hospital, Yale-New Haven Health System, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Department of Dermatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Department of Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Dermatology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Department of Pathology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Oncological Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Albert Einstein Cancer Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Dermatology, Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia, Valencia, Spain
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, ImmunoOncology Branch, Developmental Therapeutics Program, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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Nagore E. Editor's note. Actas Dermosifiliogr 2022; 113 Suppl 1:S1. [PMID: 36543460 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2022.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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- E Nagore
- Servicio de Dermatología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España.
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Luo L, Shen R, Arora A, Orlow I, Busam KJ, Lezcano C, Lee TK, Hernando E, Gorlov I, Amos C, Ernstoff MS, Seshan VE, Cust AE, Wilmott J, Scolyer R, Mann G, Nagore E, Funchain P, Ko J, Ngo P, Edmiston SN, Conway K, Googe PB, Ollila D, Lee JE, Fang S, Rees JR, Thompson CL, Gerstenblith M, Bosenberg M, Gould Rothberg B, Osman I, Saenger Y, Reynolds AZ, Schwartz M, Boyce T, Holmen S, Brunsgaard E, Bogner P, Kuan PF, Wiggins C, Thomas N, Begg CB, Berwick M. Landscape of mutations in early stage primary cutaneous melanoma: An InterMEL study. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 2022; 35:605-612. [PMID: 35876628 PMCID: PMC9640183 DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.13058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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It is unclear why some melanomas aggressively metastasize while others remain indolent. Available studies employing multi-omic profiling of melanomas are based on large primary or metastatic tumors. We examine the genomic landscape of early-stage melanomas diagnosed prior to the modern era of immunological treatments. Untreated cases with Stage II/III cutaneous melanoma were identified from institutions throughout the United States, Australia and Spain. FFPE tumor sections were profiled for mutation, methylation and microRNAs. Preliminary results from mutation profiling and clinical pathologic correlates show the distribution of four driver mutation sub-types: 31% BRAF; 18% NRAS; 21% NF1; 26% Triple Wild Type. BRAF mutant tumors had younger age at diagnosis, more associated nevi, more tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, and fewer thick tumors although at generally more advanced stage. NF1 mutant tumors were frequent on the head/neck in older patients with severe solar elastosis, thicker tumors but in earlier stages. Triple Wild Type tumors were predominantly male, frequently on the leg, with more perineural invasion. Mutations in TERT, TP53, CDKN2A and ARID2 were observed often, with TP53 mutations occurring particularly frequently in the NF1 sub-type. The InterMEL study will provide the most extensive multi-omic profiling of early-stage melanoma to date. Initial results demonstrate a nuanced understanding of the mutational and clinicopathological landscape of these early-stage tumors.
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Gómez-Ferrer A, Collado A, Ramírez M, Domínguez J, Casanova J, Mir C, Wong A, Marenco JL, Nagore E, Soriano V, Rubio-Briones J. A single-center comparison of our initial experiences in treating penile and urethral cancer with video-endoscopic inguinal lymphadenectomy (VEIL) and later experiences in melanoma cases. Front Surg 2022; 9:870857. [PMID: 36225221 PMCID: PMC9548630 DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.870857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background Video-endoscopic inguinal lymphadenectomy (VEIL) is a minimally invasive approach that is increasingly indicated in oncological settings, with mounting evidence for its long-term oncological safety. Objectives To present our single-center experience of treating penile and urethral cancer with VEIL, as well as its more recent application in melanoma patients. Methods We prospectively recorded our experiences with VEIL from September 2010 to July 2018, registering the patient primary indication, surgical details, complications, and follow-up. Results Twenty-nine patients were operated in one (24) or both (5) groins; 18 had penile cancer, 1 had urethral cancer, and 10 had melanoma. A mean 8.62 ± 4.45 lymph nodes were removed using VEIL and of these, an average of 1.00 ± 2.87 were metastatic; 16 patients developed lymphocele and 10 presented some degree of lymphedema; there were no skin or other major complications. The median follow-up was 19.35 months; there were 3 penile cancer patient recurrences in the VEIL-operated side. None of the melanoma patients presented a lymphatic inguinal recurrence. Conclusions VEIL is a minimally invasive technique which appears to be oncologically safe showing fewer complications than open surgery. However, complications such as lymphorrhea, lymphocele, or lymphedema were not diminished by using VEIL.
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- A. Gómez-Ferrer
- Urology Department, Valencian Institute of Oncology Foundation, Valencia, Spain
- Correspondence: Álvaro Gómez-Ferrer
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- Urology Department, Valencian Institute of Oncology Foundation, Valencia, Spain
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- Urology Department, Valencian Institute of Oncology Foundation, Valencia, Spain
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- Urology Department, Valencian Institute of Oncology Foundation, Valencia, Spain
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- Urology Department, Valencian Institute of Oncology Foundation, Valencia, Spain
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- Urology Department, Valencian Institute of Oncology Foundation, Valencia, Spain
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- Urology Department, Valencian Institute of Oncology Foundation, Valencia, Spain
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- Urology Department, Valencian Institute of Oncology Foundation, Valencia, Spain
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- Dermatology Department, Valencian Institute of Oncology Foundation, Valencia, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Department, Valencian Institute of Oncology Foundation, Valencia, Spain
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- Urology Department, Valencian Institute of Oncology Foundation, Valencia, Spain
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Moro R, Nagore E. Practical Considerations About Optimal Skin Incisions/Excisions in Dermatologic Surgery with Emphasis on Incisions Orientation and Primary Cutaneous Melanoma Surgery. Actas Dermosifiliogr 2022; 113:491-497. [PMID: 35697408 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2022.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 10/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Dermatologic surgery has 2main objectives: 1) to guarantee surgical radicality; and 2) to achieve optimal aesthetic and functional results. These 2paradigms and their hierarchy must be considered when performing surgical procedures on the skin. Even the easiest intervention, the elliptical excision, presents some features that should be known to achieve such goals. One of these features is the incision orientation. The optimal incisions orientation is still matter of debate, especially because studies that compare the outcomes of performing incisions in different directions are lacking. However, some anatomical, clinical, and histological observations may point out why incising the skin in one orientation is better than another. Knowing the theory behind skin incisions/excisions become of outmost importance when dealing with primary cutaneous melanoma surgery. Especially if the melanocytic lesion is suspected to be an invasive melanoma and a sentinel lymph node biopsy will be required.
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- R Moro
- Escuela de Doctorado, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, España; Instituto Dermatológico Dr. Alonso, Hospital Vithas Valencia 9 de Octubre, Valencia, España.
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- Departamento de Dermatología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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Moro R, Nagore E. [Translated article] Practical Considerations About Optimal Skin Incisions/Excisions in Dermatologic Surgery with Emphasis on Incisions Orientation and Primary Cutaneous Melanoma Surgery. Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2022.01.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mannino M, Sollena P, Esposito M, Fargnoli MC, Peris K, Nagore E. Self-Assessment Questionnaire on Patient-Physician Concordance on Nevus Self-Count and Models Development to Predict High-Risk Phenotype >50 Nevi. Dermatology 2022; 238:986-995. [PMID: 35462375 DOI: 10.1159/000523953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cutaneous melanoma accounts for the majority of skin cancer-related deaths. Readily identifiable phenotypic characteristics and total body nevus count (TBNC) >50 are among the most important risk factors for cutaneous melanoma. Implementation of nevus self-count procedures and self-assessment of phenotypic traits as part of skin self-examination could be an excellent screening tool for identifying an at-risk target population. OBJECTIVES Objectives of the study were to assess the skills of a central Italian and eastern Spanish population sample to recognize their skin lesions via the submission of a self-assessment questionnaire and to explore which self-assessment questionnaire item combination best predicts the high-risk condition of TBNC >50. METHODS Patients aged ≥18 years filled a self-assessment questionnaire, autonomously and prior to the dermatological visit. Subsequently, dermatologists performed total body skin examination and reported patients' skin lesions on a separate questionnaire. RESULTS We reported fair to moderate patient-dermatologist agreement for skin lesion self-assessment. The item number of nevi on the back was the single questionnaire item most accurately predicting TBNC >50. The high-sensitivity and high-specificity classification and regression tree models for the prediction of TBNC >50 displayed different items combinations; the item nevus on the back was always the first and most important predictor in both our models. CONCLUSIONS Patients were partially able to provide correct estimation of their whole-body nevus self-count. The item nevi on the back seems to be the first and most important predictor of TBNC >50 across our models. Delivery of high-sensitivity and high-specificity prediction models based on our questionnaire item combination may help defining a high-risk target population.
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- Maria Mannino
- Institute of Dermatology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dermatology, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Dermatology, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Institute of Dermatology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
- Dermatology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Istituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain
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Moro R, Sánchez-Silva A, Aguerralde-Martin M, González-Cuevas R, Peruilh-Bagolini L, Traves V, Manrique-Silva E, Requena C, Nagore E. [Translated article] Prognostic Value of Vitamin D Serum Levels in Cutaneous Melanoma. Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2021.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Ríos-Viñuela E, Manrique-Silva E, Nagore E, Nájera-Botello L, Requena L, Requena C. [Translated article] Subungual Melanocytic Lesions in Pediatric Patients. Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2021.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Nagore E, Moreno-Ramírez D, Ortiz-Romero P, Martín-Sánchez E, Martínez-Fernández A, Puig S. [Translated article] Epidemiology of Melanoma in Spain: Estimation of Number of Patients With Stage III Disease Eligible for Adjuvant Therapies. Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2021.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Moro R, Sánchez-Silva A, Aguerralde-Martin M, González-Cuevas R, Peruilh-Bagolini L, Traves V, Manrique-Silva E, Requena C, Nagore E. Prognostic Value of Vitamin D Serum Levels in Cutaneous Melanoma. Actas Dermosifiliogr 2022; 113:347-353. [PMID: 35623724 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2021.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Vitamin D plays a fundamental role in many metabolic pathways, including those involved in cell proliferation and the immune response. Serum levels of this vitamin have been linked to melanoma risk and prognosis. This study aimed to assess the prognostic value of vitamin D serum level in melanoma. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective, observational, longitudinal, and analytical study of 286 patients with a histologic diagnosis of melanoma in whom serum levels of vitamin D were measured at the time of diagnosis. We analyzed associations between serum level and epidemiologic and clinical variables and pathology findings; we also analyzed the influence of vitamin D on overall survival. An iterative loop was used to identify a vitamin D serum level to test for its an association with survival. RESULTS A vitamin D level less than 9.25ng/mL was associated with a histologic finding of ulceration. After a median follow-up period of 39.4 months, 24 patients (8.4%) had died. The cutoff of 9.25ng/mL was associated with lower overall survival according to both the Kaplan-Meier curves and multivariate Cox regression analysis. CONCLUSION Vitamin D levels less than 9.25ng/mL are associated with ulceration in melanoma and serve as an independent prognostic factor for overall survival in this disease.
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- R Moro
- Escuela de Doctorado, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, España; Clinica San Carlo, Paderno Dugnano, Italia
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, España
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- Máster de Ingeniería de Análisis de Datos, Toma de Decisiones y Mejora de Procesos, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital del Salvador, Santiago, Chile; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Fundación Arturo López Pérez (FALP), Oncologic Institute, Santiago, Chile
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- Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Escuela de Doctorado, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, España; Servicio de Dermatología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Máster de Ingeniería de Análisis de Datos, Toma de Decisiones y Mejora de Procesos, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, España; Servicio de Dermatología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España.
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Nagore E, Moreno-Ramírez D, Ortiz-Romero P, Martín-Sánchez E, Martínez-Fernández A, Puig S. Epidemiology of Melanoma in Spain: Estimation of Number of Patients With Stage III Disease Eligible for Adjuvant Therapies. Actas Dermosifiliogr 2022; 113:354-362. [PMID: 35623725 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2021.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Accurate information on the incidence of melanoma by stage and a better understanding of transition between stages are important for determining the burden of disease and assessing the impact of new adjuvant therapies on recurrence and survival. The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence rates of the various stages of melanoma in Spain and to estimate the number of patients with stage III disease who are eligible for adjuvant systemic therapies. MATERIALS AND METHOD We built an epidemiological model using prospectively collected data from patients diagnosed with de novo or recurrent melanoma between 2012 and 2016 in the melanoma units of 4 public hospitals. RESULTS The estimated crude incidence rates for stage I and II melanoma were 7 and 2.9 cases per 100,000 person-years, respectively. The corresponding rates for stage III and IV melanoma were 1.9 and 1.3 cases per 100,000 person-years; 25.8% of patients with stage III melanoma were stage IIIA, 47% were stage IIIB, and 27.3% were stage IIIC. The respective estimated incidence rates for recurrent stage III and IV melanoma were 1.1 and 0.9 cases per 100,000 person-years. Overall, 54% of patients with recurrent stage III melanoma had progressed from stage I or II; the other cases corresponded to changes in substage. Of the patients with stage III melanoma, 85% of those with a de novo diagnosis and 80% of those who had relapsed had resectable disease, meaning they were eligible for adjuvant therapy; 47% of these patients had a BRAF mutation. CONCLUSIONS The above estimates could have a major impact on health care resource planning. Assessing the number of patients with melanoma who are eligible for adjuvant therapies in melanoma could help decision-makers and clinicians anticipate future needs for the management of this disease.
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- E Nagore
- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España.
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España
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- Departamento de Acceso al Mercado, Novartis Farmacéutica S.A., Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitari Clínic, Barcelona, España
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Ríos-Viñuela E, Manrique-Silva E, Nagore E, Nájera-Botello L, Requena L, Requena C. Subungual Melanocytic Lesions in Pediatric Patients. Actas Dermosifiliogr 2022; 113:388-400. [PMID: 35623729 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2021.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2021] [Revised: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The study of subungual melanocytic lesions can present challenges because of the clinical and histologic characteristics of the nail unit and the difficulty of performing nail biopsies and processing specimens. These lesions can be even more challenging in children due to differences in clinical and epidemiological profiles between the adult and pediatric populations. Many of the clinical features of subungual melanocytic lesions that would raise alarm in an adult do not have the same implications in children. Consensus is also lacking on when a nail biopsy is needed to rule out malignancy in the pediatric setting. In view of these considerations and the rarity of subungual melanoma in childhood, the recommended approach in most cases is a watch-and-wait strategy. Subungual melanocytic lesions in children may also show atypical histopathologic features that are not necessarily associated with aggressive behavior. Subungual melanoma is very rare in childhood, with just 21 cases described to date. None of the patients developed visceral metastasis or died as a result and the diagnosis was controversial in many of the cases. Considering the above and the significantly higher frequency and particular characteristics of longitudinal melanonychia with a benign etiology in children, subungual melanocytic lesions should be managed differently in this setting than in adults. In most cases, a watch-and-wait approach is the most appropriate strategy.
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- E Ríos-Viñuela
- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España.
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Hierro, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, España
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Gavillero A, García-Casado Z, Requena C, Manrique-Silva E, Traves V, Kumar R, Nagore E. Differences by Anatomical Site of Non-Acral Lentiginous Melanomas of the Lower Limb. Dermatology 2022; 238:977-985. [PMID: 35350018 DOI: 10.1159/000522492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Acral location of melanomas is associated with poor survival. It can be due, at least in part, to the fact that acral lentiginous melanoma, a distinct melanoma subtype, has a particular biological profile and a bad clinical behavior. However, since almost 50% of acral melanomas are not of acral lentiginous melanoma subtype, the worse clinical behavior could also be attributable to the intrinsic characteristics of the location. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate if melanomas of the lower limb excluding acral lentiginous melanoma differ by location. METHODS This retrospective, observational study recruited patients from an oncology referral center in Spain. We included 285 patients with superficial spreading and nodular melanomas of the lower limb. We compare melanomas by site, clinical and pathological characteristics, and the differences by location of disease-free and melanoma-specific survival by the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazard method. RESULTS Patients with melanomas on the foot, compared to those on the rest of the limb, were older and reported having suffered less sunburns; the melanoma more frequently appeared in areas that had been rarely sun exposed, were more frequently of nodular type, presented thicker tumors, with more ulceration, less regression, and more advanced stage of the disease. Foot location increased the risk of relapse and decreased melanoma-specific survival. CONCLUSION Melanoma development in foot is less related to sun exposure and is associated with pathological features that can account for the worse prognosis and poorer survival.
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- Alicia Gavillero
- School of Physiotherapy and Podiatry, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Pathology Department, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, Division of Genomic Functional Analysis. DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
- School of Medicine, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, Spain
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Gaudy-Marqueste C, Macagno N, Loundou A, Pellegrino E, Ouafik L, Budden T, Mundra P, Gremel G, Akhras V, Lin L, Cook M, Kumar R, Grob JJ, Nagore E, Marais R, Virós A. Molecular characterization of fast-growing melanomas. J Am Acad Dermatol 2022; 86:312-321. [PMID: 34280484 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2021.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The rate of growth of primary melanoma is a robust predictor of aggressiveness, but the mutational profile of fast-growing melanomas (FGMM) and the potential to stratify patients at high risk of death has not been comprehensively studied. OBJECTIVE To investigate the epidemiologic, clinical, and mutational profile of primary cutaneous melanomas with a thickness ≥ 1 mm, stratified by rate of growth. METHODS Observational prospective study. Deep-targeted sequencing of 40 melanoma driver genes on formalin fixed, paraffin-embedded primary melanoma samples. Comparison of FGMM (rate of growth > 0.5 mm/month) and nonFGMM (rate of growth ≤ 0.5 mm/month). RESULTS Two hundred patients were enrolled, among wom 70 had FGMM. The relapse-free survival was lower in the FGMM group (P = .014). FGMM had a higher number of predicted deleterious mutations within the 40 genes than nonFGMM (P = .033). Ulceration (P = .032), thickness (P = .006), lower sun exposure (P = .049), and fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) mutations (P = .037) were significantly associated with fast growth. LIMITATIONS Single-center study, cohort size, potential memory bias, number of investigated genes. CONCLUSION Fast growth is linked to specific tumor biology and environmental factors. Ulceration, thickness, and FGFR2 mutations are associated with fast growth. Screening for FGFR2 mutations might provide an additional tool to better identify FGMM, which are probably good candidates for adjuvant therapies.
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- Caroline Gaudy-Marqueste
- Aix Marseille University, Assistance Publique des Hopitaux de Marseille, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille Insitut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale U1068, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique U7258, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, Dermatology and Skin Cancer Department, Marseille, France.
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- Aix Marseille University, Assistance Publique des Hopitaux de Marseille, Insitut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, Marseille Medical Genetics, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, Department of Pathology, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille University, Santé Publique et Maladie Chroniques EA3279, Clinical Research Unit, Department of Public Health, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, Assistance Publique des Hopitaux de Marseille, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institute of NeuroPhysiopathology, Faculté de Médecine Secteur Nord, Service de Transfert d'Oncologie Biologique, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, Assistance Publique des Hopitaux de Marseille, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institute of NeuroPhysiopathology, Faculté de Médecine Secteur Nord, Service de Transfert d'Oncologie Biologique, Marseille, France
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- Skin Cancer and Ageing Lab, Cancer Research United Kingdom Manchester Institute, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Oncology, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Oncology, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Dermatology, St. George's National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Oncology, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Functional Genome Analysis, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Aix Marseille University, Assistance Publique des Hopitaux de Marseille, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille Insitut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale U1068, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique U7258, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, Dermatology and Skin Cancer Department, Marseille, France
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- Department of Dermatology, Instituto Valenciano Oncología, València, Spain
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- Molecular Oncology, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Skin Cancer and Ageing Lab, Cancer Research United Kingdom Manchester Institute, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
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Laso-Leizcano C, Gavillero A, Soriano V, Rodríguez-Hernández A, García-Lozano T, Nagore E. Pilot study on the frequency of adverse effects on toenails in patients with breast cancer. Int J Dermatol 2022; 61:e358-e360. [PMID: 34995369 DOI: 10.1111/ijd.16034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Cristina Laso-Leizcano
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, València, Spain.,Escuela de Doctorado, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, València, Spain
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- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, València, Spain
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- Department of Oncology, Instituto Valenciano de Dermatología, València, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain
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- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, València, Spain.,Department of Dermatology, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain
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Serra-Guillén C, Llombart B, Nagore E, Guillén C, Sanmartín O. Determination of Margins for Tumor Clearance in Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans: A Single-Center Study of 222 Cases Treated With Modified Mohs Surgery. Dermatol Surg 2022; 48:51-56. [PMID: 34743125 DOI: 10.1097/dss.0000000000003269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is an invasive skin tumor traditionally associated with very high recurrence rates when treated with conventional surgery (CS). OBJECTIVE To calculate the minimum margin that would have been required to achieve complete tumor clearance with hypothetical CS. To analyze DFSP characteristics and Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) effectiveness in treatment of this tumor. MATERIALS AND METHODS Minimum margin was calculated by measuring the largest distance from the visible edge of the tumor to the edge of the surgical defect. Tumor variables (age, sex, size, time since onset, and location) were correlated with surgical variables (number of stages and minimum margin). RESULTS We studied 222 cases of DFSP treated with MMS. A mean of 1.47 MMS stages and a mean minimum margin of 1.23 cm were required to achieve tumor clearance. Tumors on the head and neck required significantly more stages and a significantly wider margin. Tumor size was positively correlated with time to diagnosis, age, and number of MMS stages. CONCLUSION Tumors located on the head and neck have greater subclinical extension. Tumor size was also a predictor of surgical difficulty, but time to diagnosis was not.
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- Department of Dermatology, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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Tejera-Vaquerizo A, Boada A, Ribero S, Puig S, Paradela S, Moreno-Ramírez D, Cañueto J, de Unamuno-Bustos B, Brinca A, Descalzo-Gallego MA, Osella-Abate S, Cassoni P, Podlipnik S, Carrera C, Vidal-Sicart S, Pigem R, Toll A, Rull R, Alos L, Requena C, Bolumar I, Traves V, Pla Á, Fernández-Orland A, Jaka A, Fernández-Figueras MT, Richarz NA, Vieira R, Botella-Estrada R, Román-Curto C, Ferrándiz-Pulido L, Iglesias-Pena N, Ferrándiz C, Malvehy J, Quaglino P, Nagore E. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy vs. Observation in Thin Melanoma: A Multicenter Propensity Score Matching Study. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10245878. [PMID: 34945175 PMCID: PMC8708109 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10245878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The therapeutic value of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in thin melanoma remains controversial. The aim of this study is to determine the role of SLNB in the survival of thin melanomas (≤1 mm). A multicenter retrospective observational study was designed. A propensity score matching was performed to compare patients who underwent SLNB vs. observation. A multivariate Cox regression was used. A total of 1438 patients were matched by propensity score. There were no significant differences in melanoma-specific survival (MSS) between the SLNB and observation groups. Predictors of MSS in the multivariate model were age, tumor thickness, ulceration, and interferon treatment. Results were similar for disease-free survival and overall survival. The 5- and 10-year MSS rates for SLN-negative and -positive patients were 98.5% vs. 77.3% (p < 0.001) and 97.3% vs. 68.7% (p < 0.001), respectively. SLNB does not improve MSS in patients with thin melanoma. It also had no impact on DSF or OS. However, a considerable difference in MSS, DFS, and OS between SLN-positive and -negative patients exists, confirming its value as a prognostic procedure and therefore we recommend discussing the option of SLNB with patients.
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- Antonio Tejera-Vaquerizo
- Dermatology Department, Instituto Dermatológico GlobalDerm, 14700 Palma del Río, Spain
- Cutaneous Oncology Unit, Hospital San Juan de Dios, 14012 Córdoba, Spain
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +34-957644564
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- Dermatology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trials i Pujol, Institut d’Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08916 Badalona, Spain; (A.B.); (A.J.); (N.A.R.); (C.F.)
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- Medical Sciences Department, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, 10124 Turin, Italy; (S.R.); (P.Q.)
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- Melanoma Unit, Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (S.P.); (S.P.); (C.C.); (R.P.); (A.T.); (J.M.)
- Biomedical Research Networking Center on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), ISCIII, 28029 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario de la Coruña, 15006 La Coruña, Spain; (S.P.); (N.I.-P.)
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- Melanoma Unit, Medical-&-Surgical Dermatology Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, 41009 Sevilla, Spain; (D.M.-R.); (A.F.-O.); (L.F.-P.)
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- Dermatology Department, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain; (J.C.); (C.R.-C.)
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- Dermatology Department, Hospital Universitario La Fe, 46126 Valencia, Spain; (B.d.U.-B.); (R.B.-E.)
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- Departament of Dermatology, University Hospital of Coimbra, 3000-075 Coimbra, Portugal; (A.B.); (R.V.)
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- Medical Sciences Department, Section of Surgical Pathology, University of Turin, 10124 Turin, Italy; (S.O.-A.); (P.C.)
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- Medical Sciences Department, Section of Surgical Pathology, University of Turin, 10124 Turin, Italy; (S.O.-A.); (P.C.)
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- Melanoma Unit, Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (S.P.); (S.P.); (C.C.); (R.P.); (A.T.); (J.M.)
- Biomedical Research Networking Center on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), ISCIII, 28029 Barcelona, Spain
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- Melanoma Unit, Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (S.P.); (S.P.); (C.C.); (R.P.); (A.T.); (J.M.)
- Biomedical Research Networking Center on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), ISCIII, 28029 Barcelona, Spain
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d’investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Melanoma Unit, Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (S.P.); (S.P.); (C.C.); (R.P.); (A.T.); (J.M.)
- Biomedical Research Networking Center on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), ISCIII, 28029 Barcelona, Spain
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- Melanoma Unit, Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (S.P.); (S.P.); (C.C.); (R.P.); (A.T.); (J.M.)
- Biomedical Research Networking Center on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), ISCIII, 28029 Barcelona, Spain
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- Surgery Department, Hospital Clinic, Universidad de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Pathology Department, Hospital Clinic, Universidad de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Dermatology Department, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, 46009 Valencia, Spain; (C.R.); (E.N.)
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- Surgery Department, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, 46009 Valencia, Spain;
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- Pathology Department, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, 46009 Valencia, Spain;
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- Otorhinolaringology Department, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, 46009 Valencia, Spain;
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- Melanoma Unit, Medical-&-Surgical Dermatology Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, 41009 Sevilla, Spain; (D.M.-R.); (A.F.-O.); (L.F.-P.)
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- Dermatology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trials i Pujol, Institut d’Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08916 Badalona, Spain; (A.B.); (A.J.); (N.A.R.); (C.F.)
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- Dermatology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trials i Pujol, Institut d’Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08916 Badalona, Spain; (A.B.); (A.J.); (N.A.R.); (C.F.)
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- Departament of Dermatology, University Hospital of Coimbra, 3000-075 Coimbra, Portugal; (A.B.); (R.V.)
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- Dermatology Department, Hospital Universitario La Fe, 46126 Valencia, Spain; (B.d.U.-B.); (R.B.-E.)
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- Dermatology Department, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain; (J.C.); (C.R.-C.)
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Melanoma Unit, Medical-&-Surgical Dermatology Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, 41009 Sevilla, Spain; (D.M.-R.); (A.F.-O.); (L.F.-P.)
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- Departamento de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario de la Coruña, 15006 La Coruña, Spain; (S.P.); (N.I.-P.)
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- Dermatology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trials i Pujol, Institut d’Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08916 Badalona, Spain; (A.B.); (A.J.); (N.A.R.); (C.F.)
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- Melanoma Unit, Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (S.P.); (S.P.); (C.C.); (R.P.); (A.T.); (J.M.)
- Biomedical Research Networking Center on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), ISCIII, 28029 Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Sciences Department, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, 10124 Turin, Italy; (S.R.); (P.Q.)
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- Dermatology Department, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, 46009 Valencia, Spain; (C.R.); (E.N.)
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Millán-Esteban D, García-Casado Z, Manrique-Silva E, Virós A, Kumar R, Furney S, López-Guerrero JA, Requena C, Bañuls J, Traves V, Nagore E. Distribution and clinical role of KIT gene mutations in melanoma according to subtype: a study of 492 Spanish patients. Eur J Dermatol 2021; 31:830-838. [PMID: 33648909 PMCID: PMC7615026 DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2021.3971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND KIT mutations are primarily associated with acral and mucosal melanoma, and have been reported to show higher prevalence in chronic sun-damaged (CSD) than non-CSD melanomas. OBJECTIVES To investigate the prevalence of KIT mutations in melanoma according to subtype, and determine the clinical role of such mutations. MATERIALS & METHODS We present results from a study of a Spanish population of 492 melanomas, classified according to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. We analysed the mutational status of KIT and correlated with different clinical variables related to sun exposure and family history. RESULTS KIT mutations were significantly more frequent in acral (3/36; 8.3%) and mucosal (4/8; 50%) melanomas than non-acral cutaneous melanomas. No significant difference was observed in KIT mutational status between CSD and non-CSD melanomas. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that KIT mutations in melanoma tumours are unrelated to the development of nevi or chronic sun damage, but their presence is associated with aggressive melanomas which show ulceration, vascular invasiveness, and increased Breslow thickness. These findings are consistent with those reported by The Cancer Genome Atlas network.
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- David Millán-Esteban
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología. València, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología. València, Spain
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- Laboratory of Skin Cancer and Aging. CRUK-Manchester Institute. University of Manchester. Manchester. UK
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- Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, Division of Genomic Functional Analysis. DKFZ. Heidelberg, Germany
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- Genomic Oncology Research Group, Centre for Systems Medicine, Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Dermatology. Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología. València, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology. Hospital General Universitario de Alicante. Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Pathology. Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología. València, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology. Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología. València, Spain
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Gómez Olivas JD, Campos-Rodriguez F, Nagore E, Hernández L, Cabriada V, Abad J, Mediano O, Pastor E, Chiner E, de la Torre MS, Cano I, Somoza M, Garcia-Ortega A, Oscullo G, Martinez-García MA. Sleep Duration and Cutaneous Melanoma Aggressiveness. A Prospective Observational Study in 443 Patients. Arch Bronconeumol 2021; 57:776-778. [PMID: 35698991 DOI: 10.1016/j.arbr.2020.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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- Oncology Department, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Spain
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- Sleep Unit, Hospital Germans Trials i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pneumology Department Hospital de Guadalajara, Spain
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- Pneumology Department Hospital San Juan Alicante, Spain
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- Pneumology Department Hospital San Juan Alicante, Spain
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- Pneumology Department, Hospital Getafe, Madrid, Spain
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- Pneumology Department, Consorcio Sanitario Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pneumology Department. Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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Martin-Gorgojo A, Gilaberte Y, Nagore E. Vitamin D and Skin Cancer: An Epidemiological, Patient-Centered Update and Review. Nutrients 2021; 13:4292. [PMID: 34959844 PMCID: PMC8709188 DOI: 10.3390/nu13124292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The current vitamin D deficiency epidemic is accompanied by an increase in endemic skin cancer. There are still multiple controversies. This review aims to give practical recommendations regarding vitamin D among people at risk or with a personal history of skin cancer. METHODS Narrative review including human research articles published between 2011 and 2021, elaborated bearing in mind an epidemiological, patient-centered approach. RESULTS Ultraviolet (UV) exposure (neither artificial nor natural) is not the ideal source to synthesize vitamin D. There is conflicting epidemiological evidence regarding vitamin D, non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC), and cutaneous melanoma (CMM), confounded by the effect of sun exposure and other factors. CONCLUSIONS Current evidence is controversial, and there are no widely applicable strategies. We propose three practical recommendations. Firstly, sun protection recommendations should be kept among people at risk or with a personal history of skin cancer. Secondly, vitamin D should preferably be sourced through diet. In patients with melanoma or at risk of cutaneous cancer, serum vitamin D checks are warranted to detect and avoid its insufficiency.
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- Dermatology Department, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, IIS Aragon, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain;
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- Dermatology Department, Universidad Catolica de Valencia, 46001 Valencia, Spain;
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Flórez Menéndez A, Nagore E, Buendía Eisman A. Cuentos Lunares: Poems and Flash Fiction That Save Lives — A Euromelanoma Project During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas (English Edition) 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.adengl.2021.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Dalmasso B, Pastorino L, Nathan V, Shah NN, Palmer JM, Howlie M, Johansson PA, Freedman ND, Carter BD, Beane-Freeman L, Hicks B, Molven A, Helgadottir H, Sankar A, Tsao H, Stratigos AJ, Helsing P, Van Doorn R, Gruis NA, Visser M, Wadt KAW, Mann G, Holland EA, Nagore E, Potrony M, Puig S, Menin C, Peris K, Fargnoli MC, Calista D, Soufir N, Harland M, Bishop T, Kanetsky PA, Elder DE, Andreotti V, Vanni I, Bruno W, Höiom V, Tucker MA, Yang XR, Andresen PA, Adams DJ, Landi MT, Hayward NK, Goldstein AM, Ghiorzo P. Germline ATM variants predispose to melanoma: a joint analysis across the GenoMEL and MelaNostrum consortia. Genet Med 2021; 23:2087-2095. [PMID: 34262154 PMCID: PMC8553617 DOI: 10.1038/s41436-021-01240-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Ataxia-Telangiectasia Mutated (ATM) has been implicated in the risk of several cancers, but establishing a causal relationship is often challenging. Although ATM single-nucleotide polymorphisms have been linked to melanoma, few functional alleles have been identified. Therefore, ATM impact on melanoma predisposition is unclear. METHODS From 22 American, Australian, and European sites, we collected 2,104 familial, multiple primary (MPM), and sporadic melanoma cases who underwent ATM genotyping via panel, exome, or genome sequencing, and compared the allele frequency (AF) of selected ATM variants classified as loss-of-function (LOF) and variants of uncertain significance (VUS) between this cohort and the gnomAD non-Finnish European (NFE) data set. RESULTS LOF variants were more represented in our study cohort than in gnomAD NFE, both in all (AF = 0.005 and 0.002, OR = 2.6, 95% CI = 1.56-4.11, p < 0.01), and familial + MPM cases (AF = 0.0054 and 0.002, OR = 2.97, p < 0.01). Similarly, VUS were enriched in all (AF = 0.046 and 0.033, OR = 1.41, 95% CI = 1.6-5.09, p < 0.01) and familial + MPM cases (AF = 0.053 and 0.033, OR = 1.63, p < 0.01). In a case-control comparison of two centers that provided 1,446 controls, LOF and VUS were enriched in familial + MPM cases (p = 0.027, p = 0.018). CONCLUSION This study, describing the largest multicenter melanoma cohort investigated for ATM germline variants, supports the role of ATM as a melanoma predisposition gene, with LOF variants suggesting a moderate-risk.
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- B Dalmasso
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genetics of Rare Cancers, Genoa, Italy.
- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
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- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genetics of Rare Cancers, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Oncogenomics Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Oncogenomics Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Oncogenomics Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Oncogenomics Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cancer Genomics Research Laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Gade Laboratory for Pathology, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Pathology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Oncology Pathology, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Department of Dermatology, MGH Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- First Department of Dermatology-Venereology, Andreas Sygros Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Dermatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre for Cancer Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Westmead, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Westmead, Australia
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- Department of Dermatology, Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia, Valencia, Spain
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Department, Melanoma Unit, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Barcelona, Spain
- Dermatology Department, Melanoma Unit, HospitalClínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Institute of Dermatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dermatology, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Maurizio Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy
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- Dépatement de Génétique Moléculaire, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France
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- Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genetics of Rare Cancers, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genetics of Rare Cancers, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genetics of Rare Cancers, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Oncology Pathology, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
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- Divison of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Oncogenomics Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genetics of Rare Cancers, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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