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Skin cancer

Section edited by Prof. Ioannis Bassukas

This section considers articles describing the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of both malignant and benign skin lesions. This section also considers articles describing basic and pre-clinical research. 

  1. The tumor microenvironment is composed of cancer-associated fibroblasts, tumor-associated macrophages, endothelial cells, immune cells, signaling molecules and extracellular matrix structures, which closelycom...

    Authors: Mariya Aksenenko, Nadezhda Palkina, Anna Komina, Liubov Tashireva and Tatiana Ruksha
    Citation: BMC Dermatology 2019 19:1
  2. BRCA1-Associated-Protein 1 (BAP1) is a dynamic tumor suppressor which, when mutated, has been associated with an increased risk of uveal melanoma, cutaneous melanoma, mesothelioma, and several other cancers. G...

    Authors: Kanad Ghosh, Badri Modi, William D. James and Brian C. Capell
    Citation: BMC Dermatology 2017 17:13
  3. Photodynamic therapy with daylight (DL-PDT) is efficacious in treating actinic keratosis (AK), but the efficacy of field-directed, repetitive DL-PDT for the treatment and prophylaxis of AK in photodamaged faci...

    Authors: E. Kohl, M. Koller, F. Zeman, R.-M. Szeimies, W. G. Philipp-Dormston, W. Prager, P. A. Gerber and S. Karrer
    Citation: BMC Dermatology 2017 17:12
  4. Somatic mutations of BRAF or NRAS activating the MAP kinase cell signaling pathway are present in 70% of cutaneous melanomas. The mutant allele frequency of BRAF V600E (M%BRAF) was recently shown to be highly het...

    Authors: Zofia Hélias-Rodzewicz, Elisa Funck-Brentano, Nathalie Terrones, Alain Beauchet, Ute Zimmermann, Cristi Marin, Philippe Saiag and Jean-François Emile
    Citation: BMC Dermatology 2017 17:9
  5. The prevalence of skin cancers is constantly increasing in Morocco, and they have gradually become more aggressive due to a significant delay in the diagnosis. Our aim was to assess the levels of awareness and...

    Authors: Awatef kelati, Hanane Baybay, Mariam Atassi, Samira Elfakir, Salim Gallouj, Mariame Meziane and Fatima Zahra Mernissi
    Citation: BMC Dermatology 2017 17:2
  6. UV radiation induces significant DNA damage in keratinocytes and is a known risk factor for skin carcinogenesis. However, it has been reported previously that repeated and simultaneous exposure to UV and heat ...

    Authors: Leslie Calapre, Elin S. Gray, Sandrine Kurdykowski, Anthony David, Prue Hart, Pascal Descargues and Mel Ziman
    Citation: BMC Dermatology 2016 16:6