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Melanoma prevention, detection, and treatment / by Poole, Catherine M.

Subjects: “…Melanoma Diagnosis Popular works.…”
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Metastatic melanoma symptoms, diagnoses and treatments /

Table of Contents: “…Pratheeshkumar -- Metastatic melanoma in the paediatric age / Andrea Zangari, Carmine Noviello, Rosella Tallarico -- The role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with thick (Breslow [greater than or equal to symbol] 4mm) cutaneous melanoma / Justin Kelly and M.J Kerin -- Hormone replacement therapy and malignant melanoma / Marcia S. …”
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The melanocytic proliferations : a comprehensive textbook of pigmented lesions / by Crowson, A. Neil

Subjects: “…Melanoma.…”
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Disorders of pigmentation melanoma /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Melanocyte development -- Key factors regulating lineage development -- Relationships to pigmentation diseases -- MITF -- IV-induced pigmentation -- Melanoma-genesis -- Melanoma oncogene discovery -- BRAF-targeted therapy -- Immunotherapy -- Red pigment and melanoma-genesis.…”
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Pocket guide to malignant melanoma by Buchan, John, M.D

Subjects: “…Melanoma Handbooks, manuals, etc.…”
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RAS and RAF signaling in melanoma biology and therapies /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Melanoma -- BRAF and RAS mutated in approximately 70% of cases -- Mouse models of melanoma -- Oncogenic BRAF can be a founder mutation in melanoma -- Mouse models replicate human disease -- BRAF inhibitors induce paradoxical activation of CRAF and drive pathway activation -- Kinase-dead BRAF mimics this and potentiates RAS ooncogenesis -- BRAF inhibitors induce excellent responses in patients, but may induce mechanism-based side effects through CRAF.…”
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Update on therapies for metastatic melanoma

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Overview of new treatments approved for advanced melanoma in the past few years -- Pegylated interferon alfa-2b -- Ipilimumab -- Mechanism of action -- Impact on progression-free and overall survival -- Overview of immune-related adverse events -- Vemurafenib -- Mechanism of action -- Impact on progression-free and overall survival -- Induction of secondary squamous cell carcinomas -- Possible role for combined RAF/MEK inhibition -- A "standard" approach to treatment of stage IV melanoma.…”
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Immune checkpoint blockade in melanoma

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Checkpoint inhibition in melanoma -- Immunotherapy in the adjuvant setting -- Biomarkers of immune response -- The future of immunotherapy in melanoma -- Targeting release of cancer antigens -- Targeting cancer antigen presentation -- Targeting priming and activation of the immune system -- Targeting trafficking and infiltration of T-cells -- Targeting recognition and killing of cancer cells.…”
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Induction and analysis of antigen-specific T cell responses in melanoma patients and animal models by Bins, Adriaan Dirk

Subjects: “…Melanoma Immunological aspects Research.…”
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Cancer pathology

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Cancer pathology -- Histology -- Melanoma -- GI colon cancer -- Breast cancer.…”
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Cancer vaccines part 1 of 2 /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The hallmarks of cancer -- Categories of cancer-associated antigens -- Viral & non-viral cancers: vaccine targets -- Immunotherapeutics -- Immunologic reagents approved for cancer therapy -- Clinical outcome based on immune response -- CTL-based therapy -- Virus-specific CTL adoptive transfer therapy -- Immunotherapy for Melanoma.…”
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Talimogene laherparepvec first-in-class oncolytic immunotherapy /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Causing tumour cell lysis -- Initiating a specific systemic immune response -- T-VEC as an oncolytic HSV-1 strain -- Assessing cancer immunotherapy through melanoma -- Applicability of oncolytic viral therapy to various cancers.…”
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Fundamental principles of positron emission tomography (PET) part 2 of 2 /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Aspects of PET imaging -- Image reconstruction -- Filtered Back Projection -- Iterative reconstruction -- Reconstruction comparison -- Factors affecting scanner sensitivity -- 2D and 3D -- Increase in sensitivity in 3D over 2D -- Disadvantages of 3D imaging: loss of contrast & image quality -- Improved sensitivity -- Quantitative PET performance -- Phantom study -- Motion effects -- Partial volume effect -- PET data acquisition schemes -- Static & dynamic modes -- Gated PET -- Time of flight (TOF) acquisition -- Hybrid scanner: PET/CT imaging -- Rationale of PET/CT -- Types of artifacts -- Current PET/CT scanner status -- Different types of PET/CT scanners -- Radiation exposure -- Available dosimetry tools -- PET applications -- Scanning Melanoma, Lymphoma and Brain Astrocytoma -- Imaging in Neurology: Parkinson's disease -- Receptor binding -- Imaging in Cardiology.…”
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A novel cancer therapy to stimulate oncogenic ERK signalling

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