The recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created a quandary for the physician in terms of evaluating and treating cutaneous skin cancers, particularly melanomas.
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Patients presenting with metastases: Stage IV uveal melanoma, an international study
n this international, multicentre, internet-enabled, registry-based retrospective data analysis, researchers sought to analyze ocular and systemic findings of patients presenting with systemic metastasis.
Does acral lentiginous melanoma subtype account for differences in patterns of care in Black patients?
Melanoma-specific outcomes for Black patients are worse when compared to non-Hispanic white (NHW) patients.
Measurement of 45 cytokine, chemokine and growth factors in established cell culture supernatants and autologous serum from advanced melanoma patients
In the present study, the researchers sought to assess the pattern of soluble factors produced by premetastatic and metastatic melanoma established cultures and to ascertain if these factors can be detected in the autologous serum of malignant melanoma patients.