Melanocytic nevi and melanoma: unraveling a complex relationship

WE Damsky, M Bosenberg - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
Approximately 33% of melanomas are derived directly from benign, melanocytic nevi.
Despite this, the vast majority of melanocytic nevi, which typically form as a result of BRAF …

Genetics of melanocytic nevi

MR Roh, P Eliades, S Gupta… - Pigment cell & melanoma …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Melanocytic nevi are a benign clonal proliferation of cells expressing the melanocytic
phenotype, with heterogeneous clinical and molecular characteristics. In this review, we …

The paradox of cancer genes in non-malignant conditions: implications for precision medicine

JJ Adashek, S Kato, SM Lippman, R Kurzrock - Genome medicine, 2020 - Springer
Next-generation sequencing has enabled patient selection for targeted drugs, some of
which have shown remarkable efficacy in cancers that have the cognate molecular …

Melanoma: genetic abnormalities, tumor progression, clonal evolution and tumor initiating cells

U Testa, G Castelli, E Pelosi - Medical Sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Melanoma is an aggressive neoplasia issued from the malignant transformation of
melanocytes, the pigment-generating cells of the skin. It is responsible for about 75% of …

Cutaneous adverse events in patients treated with BRAF inhibitor‐based therapies for metastatic melanoma for longer than 52 weeks

R Anforth, G Carlos, A Clements… - British Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background BRAF inhibitor‐based therapies have been shown to induce cutaneous
toxicities, with onset generally in the first 8–26 weeks of therapy. Objectives To determine …

RAMAN spectroscopy imaging improves the diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma

JV Rau, V Graziani, M Fosca, C Taffon, M Rocchia… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Recent investigations strongly suggest that Raman spectroscopy (RS) can be used as a
clinical tool in cancer diagnosis to improve diagnostic accuracy. In this study, we evaluated …

Melanocytic naevi with globular and reticular dermoscopic patterns display distinct BRAF V600E expression profiles and histopathological patterns

MA Marchetti, MH Kiuru, KJ Busam… - British Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background BRAF (v‐raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homologue B) V600E mutations
have been detected with high frequency in melanocytic naevi. Few studies have stratified …

[HTML][HTML] Sequential digital dermatoscopic imaging of patients with multiple atypical nevi

P Tschandl - Dermatology practical & conceptual, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Patients with multiple atypical nevi are at higher risk of develo** melanoma. Among
different techniques, sequential digital dermatoscopic imaging (SDDI) is a state-of-the art …

Dermoscopy in the era of dermato-oncology: from bed to bench side and retour

N Woltsche, C Schwab, T Deinlein… - Expert Review of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Today dermoscopy is standard-of-care in the diagnosis and management of patients with
benign and malignant skin tumors because it increases the diagnostic accuracy of skin …

Evolution of melanocytic nevi under vemurafenib, followed by combination therapy with dabrafenib and trametinib for metastatic melanoma

C Giurcaneanu, C Nitipir, L Gabriela Popa… - Acta …, 2015 - hrcak.srce.hr
Treatment of advanced melanoma with selective BRAF and MEK inhibitors is associated
with a series of mucocutaneous side effects, among which morphological changes in …