In patients with metastatic melanoma, researchers ascertained if the presence and the characteristics of pretreatment CD8+ tumor-infiltrating T lymphocytes (TILs) could be a complementary prognostic or predictive biomarker.
Publications
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network distress thermometer as a screening tool for the evaluation of quality of life in uveal melanoma patients
In patients with uveal melanoma, researchers evaluated quality of life (QoL) status through the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) distress thermometer as a psycho-oncological screening tool.
Second primary melanomas in a cohort of 977 melanoma patients within the first 5 years of monitoring
In this prospective cohort study, researchers quantified the risk and examined the time of occurrence of second primary melanoma (SPM). In addition, they identified risk factors for SPM and evaluated the usefulness of total body photography (TBP) and digital dermatoscopic documentation (DDD) for SPM detection.
Cigarette smoking and the risk of cutaneous melanoma: A case-control study
Researchers conducted a large case-control study to re-examine the risk of melanoma in relation to cigarette smoking.