Please click on the link to see a list or melanoma journal citations that crossed the MRV desk this month.
Scientific Publications
Prognosis of patients with stage III melanoma according to American Joint Committee on Cancer Version 8: A reassessment on the basis of 3 independent stage III melanoma cohorts
Researchers sought to examine 3 independent data sets to ascertain the survival probabilities of patients with stage III melanoma.
Patterns of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid dietary intake and melanoma thickness at diagnosis
Since there is a lack of epidemiologic evidence on the combined impact of dietary intakes of omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids on melanoma growth, so researchers addressed this topic in this study with 634 Australian patients with primary melanoma.
Improved risk prediction calculator for sentinel node positivity in patients with melanoma: The Melanoma Institute Australia nomogram
Although National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and ASCO/Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) guidelines and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) online nomogram are valuable for selecting patients with primary cutaneous melanoma for sentinel node (SN) biopsy, researchers aimed at generating an improved online risk calculator using alternative clinicopathologic parameters that may allow more accurate prediction of SN positivity.