Dermoscopic criteria and melanocytic lesionsR Roldan-Marin
Diagnosis Dermatologica, Barcelona, Spain
G Ital Dermatol Venereol 147:149-59. 2012
..This article reviews the principles of dermoscopy, the most common dermoscopic patterns associated with nevi and melanoma, and the factors influencing the nevus pattern in a given individual...
- Dermoscopic criteria and basal cell carcinoma
S Puig
Melanoma Unit, Dermatology Department, Barcelona Clinical Hospital, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
G Ital Dermatol Venereol 147:135-40. 2012
..Improved knowledge of all these criteria may avoid some diagnostic pitfalls and improve the early recognition of BCCs...
Development of a two-step method for the diagnosis of melanoma by reflectance confocal microscopySonia Segura
Department of Dermatology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Passeig Maritim 25 29, Barcelona 08003, Spain
J Am Acad Dermatol 61:216-29. 2009
..Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) has been shown to improve accuracy in the differentiation of nevus from melanoma, but only a few studies have evaluated both melanocytic lesions (ML) and non-ML...
- Whole brain irradiation and temozolomide based chemotherapy in melanoma brain metastases
Carlos Conill
Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Clinic, Institut d Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Clin Transl Oncol 8:266-70. 2006
..The objective was to evaluate the potential benefit in survival of two different schedules of total dose and fractionation (20 Gy/5 fractions vs 30 Gy/10 fractions) and further TMZ based chemotherapy...
- Prognostic implications of protein S-100beta serum levels in the clinical outcome of high-risk melanoma patients
Josep Domingo-Domenech
Medical Oncology Department and Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
Tumour Biol 28:264-72. 2007
..It was the aim of this study to analyze the clinical value of the determination of serum S-100beta protein in high-risk melanoma patients...
- Early stages of melanoma on the limbs of high-risk patients: clinical, dermoscopic, reflectance confocal microscopy and histopathological characterization for improved recognition
Cristina Carrera
Department of Dermatology, Melanoma and Dermatopathology Units, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Acta Derm Venereol 91:137-46. 2011
..Although the biological behaviour of these incipient tumours remains uncertain, the most appropriate treatment seems to be recognition and proper excision...
Benefits of total body photography and digital dermatoscopy ("two-step method of digital follow-up") in the early diagnosis of melanoma in patients at high risk for melanomaGabriel Salerni
Melanoma Unit, Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Institut d Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
J Am Acad Dermatol 67:e17-27. 2012
..Early detection of melanoma is the best way to improve prognosis. Digital follow-up (DFU) programs of populations at high risk could be an efficient strategy for detecting early melanomas with low morbidity...
- In vivo microscopic features of nodular melanomas: dermoscopy, confocal microscopy, and histopathologic correlates
Sonia Segura
Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, 170 Villarroel, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Arch Dermatol 144:1311-20. 2008
..To characterize nodular melanoma (NM) using dermoscopy, in vivo reflectance-mode confocal microscopy, and histopathologic analysis...
- Development of a human in vivo method to study the effect of ultraviolet radiation and sunscreens in melanocytic nevi
Cristina Carrera
Melanoma Unit, Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
Dermatology 217:124-36. 2008
..The aim was to design and validate an in vivo human model to study the influence of UVR and sunscreen protection on nevi...
- Biochemotherapy with temozolomide, cisplatin, vinblastine, subcutaneous interleukin-2 and interferon-alpha in patients with metastatic melanoma
María González Cao
Medical Oncology Department, Clinic Institute of Hematologic and Oncologic Diseases ICHMO, Clinic Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
Melanoma Res 16:59-64. 2006
..2%). It can be concluded that this regimen is well tolerated and has a modest activity despite the poor prognosis of our patient population. The low haematological toxicity rate obtained suggests that higher doses could be tried...
- Molecular characterization of human cutaneous melanoma-derived cell lines
Zighereda Ogbah
Melanoma Unit of the Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona University, Barcelona, Spain
Anticancer Res 32:1245-51. 2012
..Several studies have demonstrated that different genetic profiles contribute to melanoma development and progression...
- Adult xanthogranuloma mimicking basal cell carcinoma: dermoscopy, reflectance confocal microscopy and pathological correlation
Louise Lovato
Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, CIBER de Enfermedades Raras, Barcelona, Spain
Dermatology 220:66-70. 2010
..To our knowledge this is the first description of the clinical, dermoscopic and confocal microscopy correlations of a xanthogranuloma...
- Prevalence study of nevi in children from Barcelona. Dermoscopy, constitutional and environmental factors
Paula Aguilera
Melanoma Unit, Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Institute for Biomedical Investigations August Pi Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
Dermatology 218:203-14. 2009
..Childhood and adolescence is an important time of life for the formation and evolution of nevi, and the presence of a higher number of nevi in early life could predict a major risk of developing melanoma...
- Melanomas that failed dermoscopic detection: a combined clinicodermoscopic approach for not missing melanoma
Susana Puig
Melanoma Unit, Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic i Provincial de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
Dermatol Surg 33:1262-73. 2007
..The objective was to describe the clinical and dermoscopic characteristics of difficult-to-diagnose melanomas (DDM)...
- Melanomas detected in a follow-up program compared with melanomas referred to a melanoma unit
Gabriel Salerni
Melanoma Unit, Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Institut d Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Arch Dermatol 147:549-55. 2011
..To compare melanomas diagnosed in patients included in follow-up programs with melanomas diagnosed in patients referred to a melanoma unit...
- Dermoscopy of early recurrent basal cell carcinoma
Francisco Cuellar
, Hospital Clinic, Institut de Investigacions Biomediques Cientifiques Agusti Pi I Suryer, Barcelona, Spain
Arch Dermatol 144:1254. 2008
- Seborrheic keratosislike melanoma with folliculotropism
Cristina Carrera
Melanoma Unit, Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, Spain
Arch Dermatol 143:373-6. 2007
..Dermoscopic examination of pigmented tumors improves the diagnostic accuracy in these challenging lesions. In these tumors, numerous comedolike openings are present...
- Characterization of 1152 lesions excised over 10 years using total-body photography and digital dermatoscopy in the surveillance of patients at high risk for melanoma
Gabriel Salerni
Melanoma Unit, Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
J Am Acad Dermatol 67:836-45. 2012
..The combined use of total-body photography and digital dermatoscopy, named "two-step method of digital follow-up," allowed the detection of incipient melanoma as a result of dermatoscopic or macroscopic changes during follow-up...
- Acral melanoma simulating warts: dermoscopic clues to prevent missing a melanoma
Joan Dalmau
Department of Dermatology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Dermatol Surg 32:1072-8. 2006
..In the Caucasian population health care providers often misdiagnose acral melanoma, and this is the cause of inadequate treatments. Clinical and dermoscopic clues can be easily recognized, which help to prevent missing a melanoma...
- Dermoscopy report: proposal for standardization. Results of a consensus meeting of the International Dermoscopy Society
Josep Malvehy
Dermatology Department, Melanoma Unit, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
J Am Acad Dermatol 57:84-95. 2007
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- Clinical outcome after surgical resection of lung metastases from melanoma
Carlos Conill
Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital Clinic, Institut d Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Clin Transl Oncol 9:48-52. 2007
..Surgical therapy plays an important role in the management of selected patients with metastatic melanoma...
- Central white network: an additional dermoscopic feature for the diagnosis of dermatofibroma
Pedro Zaballos
Dermatology Department, Hospital de Sant Pau i Santa Tecla, Tarragona, Spain
Dermatol Surg 31:960-2. 2005
- Small cell melanoma and ulceration as predictors of positive sentinel lymph node in malignant melanoma patients
Francisco A Cuéllar
Melanoma Unit, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
Melanoma Res 14:277-82. 2004
..3-97.1%). The results of this study corroborated ulceration as a prognostic factor for SLN candidate selection and for the first time we have described small cell melanoma morphology as a significant factor associated with positive SLN...
- Dermoscopy of dermatofibroma
Susana Puig
, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, and Hospital de Santa Tecla, Tarragona, Spain
Arch Dermatol 141:122. 2005
- Dermoscopic findings of pilomatricomas
Pedro Zaballos
Dermatology Department, Hospital de Sant Pau i Santa Tecla, Tarragona, Spain
Dermatology 217:225-30. 2008
..To the best of our knowledge, no specific dermoscopic criteria have been described in the medical literature for the diagnosis of pilomatricomas...
- Dermoscopy in epidermodysplasia verruciformis
Sonia Segura
Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, 170 Villaroel, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Dermatol Surg 32:103-6. 2006
..CONCLUSIONS: Dermoscopy in EV tumors correlated with histopathologic findings and improved the differential diagnosis of tumors in this disease...
- Dermoscopy of venous stasis dermatitis
Pedro Zaballos
Hospital Sant Pau y Santa Tecla, Tarragona, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
Arch Dermatol 142:1526. 2006
- Correlation among Dermoscopy, Confocal Reflectance Microscopy, and Histologic Features of Melanoma and Basal Cell Carcinoma Collision Tumor
Gabriel Salerni
Melanoma Unit, Department of Dermatology Department of Pathology Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Institut d Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
Dermatol Surg 37:275-9. 2011
..The authors have indicated no significant interest with commercial supporters...
- Genetic counseling in melanoma
Celia Badenas
Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Raras CIBERER, Biochemical and Molecular Genetics Service, Melanoma Unit, Hospital Clinic, Villarroel, Barcelona, Spain
Dermatol Ther 25:397-402. 2012
..In countries with a high incidence, families with three cases of melanoma, with two melanomas and one pancreatic adenocarcinoma, or patients with three primary melanomas, may benefit from genetic testing...
- Dermoscopic patterns of benign volar melanocytic lesions in patients with atypical mole syndrome
Josep Malvehy
Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clinic, , Barcelona, Spain
Arch Dermatol 140:538-44. 2004
..We defined 3 new benign dermoscopic patterns, which will enable better characterization of acral lesions...
- Role of the CDKN2A locus in patients with multiple primary melanomas
Susana Puig
Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
J Clin Oncol 23:3043-51. 2005
..We have studied a consecutive case series of patients with multiple primary melanoma (MPM) for the involvement of the melanoma susceptibility loci CDKN2A and CDK4...
- Depression in hospitalized patients with malignant melanoma treated with interferon-alpha-2b: primary to induced disorders
Ricard Navinés
Unitat de Recerca Farmacològica, Institut Municipal d Investigacio Medica, Doctor Aiguader 88, E 08003, Barcelona, Spain
Eur J Dermatol 19:611-5. 2009
..Interferon-induced depression occurred in a few patients, which in turn were the most severe. Adjustment depressive disorder was the most common psychiatric diagnosis...
- Dermoscopy of sebaceous hyperplasia
Pedro Zaballos
Hospital de Sant Pau i Santa Tecla, Tarragona and Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
Arch Dermatol 141:808. 2005
- Biochemotherapy with low doses of subcutaneous interleukin-2 in patients with melanoma: results of a phase II trial
María González Cao
Servicio de Oncología Médica ICHMO, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Spain
Clin Transl Oncol 7:250-4. 2005
..Metastatic melanoma has an ominous prognosis. Bio-chemotherapy regimens can increase the response rate but with a high degree of toxicity due, mainly, to the use of high-dose intravenous interleukin-2...
- Molecular characterization of a t(9;12)(p21;q13) balanced chromosome translocation in combination with integrative genomics analysis identifies C9orf14 as a candidate tumor-suppressor
Miguel Angel Pujana
Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Unit, Translational Research Laboratory, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBELL, L Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain
Genes Chromosomes Cancer 46:155-62. 2007
..Taken together, our results indicate that C9orf14 is a candidate tumor-suppressor for nevus development and late stage melanoma at 9p21, a region frequently deleted in different types of human cancers...
- Dermoscopy of molluscum contagiosum
Ana Morales
Dermatology Department, , Valladolid, , Barcelona, Spain
Arch Dermatol 141:1644. 2005
- In vivo confocal reflectance microscopy in melanoma
Cristina Carrera
Melanoma Unit, Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Dermatol Ther 25:410-22. 2012
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- Clinical and dermoscopic image of an intermediate stage of regressing seborrheic keratosis in a lichenoid keratosis
Pedro Zaballos
Dermatology Department, Hospital de Sant Pau i Santa Tecla, Tarragona, Spain
Dermatol Surg 31:102-3. 2005
- Dermoscopy of disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis
Pedro Zaballos
Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
Arch Dermatol 140:1410. 2004
- Treatment of patients with progressive unresectable metastatic melanoma with a heterologous polyvalent melanoma whole cell vaccine
Ramon Vilella
Department of Immunology, Hospital Clinic and IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
Int J Cancer 106:626-31. 2003
..The clinical responses and the median survival of our group of patients, together with the low toxicity of our polyvalent vaccine, suggest that this approach could be applied to earlier metastatic melanoma patients...
- Follow-up of melanocytic skin lesions with digital total-body photography and digital dermoscopy: a two-step method
Josep Malvehy
Dermatology Department, Melanoma Unit, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
Clin Dermatol 20:297-304. 2002
