Researchers used the World Health Organization Mortality Database to describe malignant melanoma (MM) mortality trends between 1985 and 2015 for 31 countries which met the inclusion criteria.
Publications
Use of immunomodulating drugs and risk of cutaneous melanoma: A nationwide nested case-control study
Using the Cancer Registry of Norway, researchers assessed the links between use of immunomodulating drugs and risk of melanoma, at a nationwide population level.
The value of lymph node ultrasound and whole body 18F-FDG PET/CT in stage IIB/C melanoma patients prior to SLNB
Despite the presence of high-risk primary tumors in stage IIB/IIC (8th AJCC) melanoma patients, they follow the same routine to sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) as more low risk tumors.
Systematic review and meta-analysis on the use of photon-based stereotactic radiosurgery vs fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for the treatment of uveal melanoma
Researchers compared photon-based stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) vs fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (fSRT) for the treatment of uveal melanoma, focusing on efficacy and adverse event profile.