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Tretinoin and the prevention of keratinocyte carcinoma (Basal and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin): a veterans affairs randomized chemoprevention trialMartin A Weinstock
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, VA Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island 02908, USA
J Invest Dermatol 132:1583-90. 2012..The only quality of life difference was worse symptoms in the tretinoin group at 12 months after randomization. This trial in high-risk patients demonstrates that high-dose topical tretinoin is ineffective at reducing risk of KCs...
Patient and referring provider satisfaction with teledermatologyMartin A Weinstock
Department of Dermatology, Dermatoepidemiology Unit, Veterans Affairs Medical Center 111D, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI 02908, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 47:68-72. 2002..Teledermatology has become more widely used, but its impact has not been clearly elucidated. We developed a teledermatology program in response to clinical need, based on the store-and-forward approach...- Cutaneous melanoma: public health approach to early detectionMartin A Weinstock
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, V A Medical Center 111D, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI 02908, USA
Dermatol Ther 19:26-31. 2006..Together, patients and clinicians can improve early detection to reduce melanoma-related mortality... - Randomized controlled community trial of the efficacy of a multicomponent stage-matched intervention to increase sun protection among beachgoersMartin A Weinstock
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, VA Medical Center 111D, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI 02908, USA
Prev Med 35:584-92. 2002..Skin cancer is about as common as all other cancers combined and is preventable by sun protection. The most intense sun exposures often occur on the beach, so we chose this setting to test an intervention to affect sun protection behaviors... - The contribution of nodular subtype to melanoma mortality in the United States, 1978 to 2007Waqas R Shaikh
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908 4799, USA
Arch Dermatol 148:30-6. 2012..To gain insight into reducing melanoma mortality by examining epidemiologic trends by subtype with emphasis on the contribution of each subtype to melanoma-related death... - Controversies in the public health approach to keratinocyte carcinomasM A Weinstock
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, V A Medical Center Providence, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, USA
Br J Dermatol 154:3-4. 2006..Ultimately, our aim is to reduce mortality and morbidity from these cancers, and to that end several large-scale trials of public health interventions have been conducted that may help point the way forward... - Quality of life in the actinic neoplasia syndrome: The VA Topical Tretinoin Chemoprevention (VATTC) TrialMartin A Weinstock
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, VA Medical Center, 830 Chalkstone Ave, Medical Service 111D, Providence, RI 02908, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 61:207-15. 2009..Keratinocyte carcinomas (KCs) are the most common malignancies of the skin. As lesions have a low mortality rate, understanding quality-of-life (QoL) factors is necessary in their management... - Enhancing skin self-examination with imaging: evaluation of a mole-mapping programM A Weinstock
Department of Dermatology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
J Cutan Med Surg 8:1-5. 2004..To enhance early detection of melanoma with thorough skin self-examination, we have enrolled patients in a mole-mapping program that uses digital imaging of the skin... - Reliability of assessment and circumstances of performance of thorough skin self-examination for the early detection of melanoma in the Check-It-Out ProjectMartin A Weinstock
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Prev Med 38:761-5. 2004..Thorough skin self-examination (TSSE) has substantial potential to reduce melanoma mortality by early detection... - Progress and prospects on melanoma: the way forward for early detection and reduced mortalityMartin A Weinstock
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Dermatology, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02908, USA
Clin Cancer Res 12:2297s-2300s. 2006..Early detection has not yet reached its full potential effect on the public health problem of melanoma and is poised to further reduce melanoma mortality... - Topical tretinoin therapy and all-cause mortalityMartin A Weinstock
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, VA Medical Center, 111D, 830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908, USA
Arch Dermatol 145:18-24. 2009.... 
Melanoma early detection with thorough skin self-examination: the "Check It Out" randomized trialMartin A Weinstock
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, VA Medical Center Providence, Brown University, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI 02908, USA
Am J Prev Med 32:517-24. 2007..Monthly thorough skin self-examination (TSSE) is an important practice for early melanoma detection that is performed by a small minority of the population...- Reliability of counting actinic keratoses before and after brief consensus discussion: the VA topical tretinoin chemoprevention (VATTC) trialM A Weinstock
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, Veterans Affairs Medical Center 111D, 830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908 4799
Arch Dermatol 137:1055-8. 2001..To assess the reliability of counts of actinic keratoses (AKs) and the effect of a brief joint discussion of discrepancies on that reliability... - Thorough skin examination for the early detection of melanomaM A Weinstock
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, VA Medical Center, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University, Providence 02908 4799, USA
Am J Prev Med 17:169-75. 1999..We sought to evaluate the extent to which the general public has their skin examined by themselves, their partners, or health care providers and the frequency of these examinations... - Twenty-year trends in the reported incidence of mycosis fungoides and associated mortalityM A Weinstock
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, VA Medical Center, Providence, RI 02908 4799, USA
Am J Public Health 89:1240-4. 1999..Patterns of mycosis fungoides incidence and associated mortality in the United States were evaluated... - Do sunscreens increase or decrease melanoma risk: an epidemiologic evaluationM A Weinstock
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, VA Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island 02908 4799, USA
J Investig Dermatol Symp Proc 4:97-100. 1999..The latter may require another decade or more of experience with sunscreen use... - Factors associated with thorough skin self-examination for the early detection of melanomaR A Martin
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 21:1074-81. 2007..Regular thorough skin self-examination (TSSE) has potential for detecting melanoma early and reducing melanoma mortality... - Association of ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers with keratinocyte cancer prevention in the randomized VATTC trialJennifer B Christian
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 100:1223-32. 2008..We evaluated associations between use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) and keratinocyte cancer incidence in a population at high risk of the disease... - Nonmelanoma skin cancer mortality (1988-2000): the Rhode Island follow-back studyKevan G Lewis
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, Veterans Affairs Medical Center-111D, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI 02908, USA
Arch Dermatol 140:837-42. 2004..The dermatology community should emphasize prevention of mortality from genital skin cancer, while continuing to stress the importance of reducing excessive exposure to UV light and prompt treatment of NMSC... - Second lymphomas and other malignant neoplasms in patients with mycosis fungoides and Sezary syndrome: evidence from population-based and clinical cohortsKathie P Huang
Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Arch Dermatol 143:45-50. 2007..To assess risks for developing second malignancies in patients with mycosis fungoides or Sézary syndrome... - The impact of the basic skin cancer triage curriculum on provider's skin cancer control practicesR Mikkilineni
Departoepidemiology Unit, VA Medical Center, Providence, RI 02908, USA
J Gen Intern Med 16:302-7. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: The study results suggest that the BSCT curriculum may be a useful tool in increasing the practice of skin cancer control measures by primary care providers... - Death from skin cancer among the elderly: epidemiological patternsM A Weinstock
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and the Department of Dermatology, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University, Providence 02908 4799, USA
Arch Dermatol 133:1207-9. 1997..Melanoma has been the focus of early detection efforts of skin cancer because it is the leading cause of death from skin disorders... - The power and limitations of pharmacogenetic epidemiologyKate Lapane
Brown Medical School Community Health, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
J Invest Dermatol 127:1851-2. 2007..2001). Disentangling why this occurs is complex, and two new disciplines are likely to make headway in furthering our understanding of these phenomena... - Relationship of treatment delay with surgical defect size from keratinocyte carcinoma (basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin)Melody J Eide
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
J Invest Dermatol 124:308-14. 2005..2; 95% CI 2.5-15.5). All but provider specialty were independent predictors of delay. Attention to processes of care delivery for KC may have a greater impact on morbidity than efforts are earlier detection by the public... - Incidence of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma in the United States, 1973-2002Vincent D Criscione
Dermatoepidemiology Unit 111D, VA Medical Center, 830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908 4799, USA
Arch Dermatol 143:854-9. 2007..To describe incidence trends for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) in the United States... - Components of a successful intervention for monthly skin self-examination for early detection of melanoma: the "Check It Out" trialKatherine B Lee
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, VA Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island 02908, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 58:1006-12. 2008..Application of this research will benefit from determining the most important interventions for promoting TSSE... - Association of UV index, latitude, and melanoma incidence in nonwhite populations--US Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, 1992 to 2001Melody J Eide
Department of Community Health, Brown University, USA
Arch Dermatol 141:477-81. 2005..To estimate the association between UV index, latitude, and melanoma incidence in different racial and ethnic populations in a high-quality national data set... - The first 15 years of the American Academy of Dermatology skin cancer screening programs: 1985-1999Alan C Geller
Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts 02118, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 48:34-41. 2003..The purpose of this analysis is to investigate the risk factors, access to dermatologic services, and screening results of participants in AAD-sponsored programs during the first 15 years that this service was available to the US public... - Body satisfaction effect on thorough skin self-examinationPatricia Markham Risica
Institute for Community Health Promotion, Brown University, Department of Community Health, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Am J Prev Med 35:68-72. 2008.... - Public health challenges in sun protectionMelody J Eide
Departments of Dermatology and Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Dermatol Clin 24:119-24. 2006..In this article, the controversies, concerns, and challenges of sunscreen use as it relates to public health are discussed... - Comparison of sun protection behaviors among physicians and patientsChristopher N Sciamanna
Department of Community Health, Brown University School of Medicine, Miriam Hospital, Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Coro Building, Suite 500, One Hoppin Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Am J Health Promot 16:319-22, ii. 2002..There was no statistically significant difference in the frequency or number of sun protection behaviors utilized... - Melanoma is up: are we up to this challenge?Kachiu C Lee
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, VA Medical Center, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02908, USA
J Invest Dermatol 129:1604-6. 2009..Neither is commonly practiced now, but both are required for effective early detection. Evidence regarding benefits, harms, and costs of melanoma screening will help in securing widespread endorsement of these activities... - Overview of ultraviolet radiation and cancer: what is the link? How are we doing?M A Weinstock
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, VA Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Environ Health Perspect 103:251-4. 1995.... - Angiocentric T-cell lymphoma presenting as lethal midline granulomaP Y Lee
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, VA Medical Center, Providence, RI 02908 4799, USA
Int J Dermatol 36:419-27. 1997..The prognosis is poor. Aggressive therapy such as bone marrow transplantation should be considered early in the course... - The association of physician-specialty density and melanoma prognosis in the United States, 1988 to 1993Melody J Eide
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 60:51-8. 2009..Studies suggest physician workforce may influence cancer outcomes... - Melanoma thickness trends in the United States, 1988-2006Vincent D Criscione
Department of Dermatology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02908 4799, USA
J Invest Dermatol 130:793-7. 2010..Continued improvement and new methods of screening, especially among demographics with higher incidence of thick tumors, is necessary... - Actinic keratoses: Natural history and risk of malignant transformation in the Veterans Affairs Topical Tretinoin Chemoprevention TrialVincent D Criscione
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island 02908 4799, USA
Cancer 115:2523-30. 2009..The authors of this report studied a high-risk population to estimate the risk of progression of AK to SCC and to basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and the risk of spontaneous regression of untreated AKs... - Trends in nonmelanoma skin cancer mortality rates in the United States, 1969 through 2000Kevan G Lewis
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Brown Medical School Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02908, USA
J Invest Dermatol 127:2323-7. 2007..These results suggest that greater emphasis could be placed on reducing mortality from genital NMSC while continuing to stress reduction of excess sun exposure... - Reliability of the histopathologic diagnosis of keratinocyte carcinomasJared Jagdeo
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, RI 02908, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 57:279-84. 2007.... - Descriptive epidemiology of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans in the United States, 1973 to 2002Vincent D Criscione
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Dermatology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02908 4799, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 56:968-73. 2007..The epidemiology of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) has not been studied in detail... - Indoor ultraviolet tanning: what the data do and do not show regarding risk of melanoma and keratinocyte malignanciesMartin A Weinstock
Department of Dermatology, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
J Natl Compr Canc Netw 8:867-72; quiz 873. 2010..This article presents the epidemiologic and mechanistic data relevant to the safety considerations for indoor tanning... - Demographic and socioeconomic predictors of melanoma prognosis in the United StatesMelody J Eide
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research, Providence, RI, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 20:227-45. 2009..Neighborhood sociodemographic variables were predictive of melanoma prognosis, and suggest an important direction for targeting public health efforts to reach those in at-risk communities... - Scientific and regulatory issues related to indoor tanningHenry W Lim
Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 51:781-4. 2004 - Pregnancy and obstetrical outcomes in pseudoxanthoma elasticumL Bercovitch
Department of Dermatology, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
Br J Dermatol 151:1011-8. 2004..Much of the earlier literature on pregnancy in PXE contained reports of severe complications, leading some healthcare providers to advise women with PXE against becoming pregnant and some women with PXE to avoid pregnancy... - Mortality of bullous skin disorders from 1979 through 2002 in the United StatesJessica Risser
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mail Stop 111D, 830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908, USA
Arch Dermatol 145:1005-8. 2009..To identify and analyze trends in bullous disease mortality from 1979 through 2002 in the United States... - The impact of the basic skin cancer triage curriculum on providers' skills, confidence, and knowledge in skin cancer controlRadha Mikkilineni
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Prev Med 34:144-52. 2002..Defining the full potential impact of this curriculum requires further evaluation... - Keratinocyte carcinomaMichael R Albert
Department of Dermatology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
CA Cancer J Clin 53:292-302. 2003..Here we review epidemiologic data and strategies for prevention, diagnosis, and clinical management of KC... - Public health messages regarding skin cancerMartin A Weinstock
Dermatoepidemiology Unit, V A Medical Center Providence, Rhode Island, USA
J Invest Dermatol 123:xvii-xix. 2004 - Adjuvant high-dose interferon therapy for high-risk melanomaNeal Ready
Brown University School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, RI, USA
Arch Dermatol 139:1635-7. 2003 - Practicing evidence-based dermatology: a short guideDavid A Barzilai
Department of Dermatology, Brown University, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Skinmed 6:122-7. 2007..Incorporating EBM to bring the best current evidence into our field can be mastered with practice and a commitment to apply the process daily... - Adjuvant local irradiation for Merkel cell carcinomaKevan G Lewis
Department of Dermatology, Brown Medical School, and Dermatoepidemiology Unit, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, RI, USA
Arch Dermatol 142:693-700. 2006..Prospective investigation is needed to clarify the presence of a survival benefit from combination therapy... - The burden of skin diseases: 2004 a joint project of the American Academy of Dermatology Association and the Society for Investigative DermatologyDavid R Bickers
Department of Dermatology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 55:490-500. 2006..2 billion dollars. Including the economic burden on quality of life, the total economic burden of skin disease to the US public in 2004 was approximately 96 billion dollars... - Skin cancer prevention and detection--melanoma and beyondKatharine B Cordova
University of Arizona Medical School, USA
Med Health R I 88:92-5. 2005 - Re: A prospective study of pigmentation, sun exposure, and risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma in womenDeAnn Lazovich
J Natl Cancer Inst 96:335; author reply 337-8. 2004 - Use of tanning devices and risk of basal cell and squamous cell skin cancersMargaret R Karagas
Department of Community and Family Medicine and the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 94:224-6. 2002..They highlight the need to further evaluate the potential risks of BCC and SCC that are associated with tanning lamp exposure and the appropriate public health response... - The use of mole-mapping diagrams to increase skin self-examination accuracyVictoria Chiu
Department of Dermatology, Brown Medical School
J Am Acad Dermatol 55:245-50. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Mole-mapping diagrams may improve SSE accuracy, and may be useful as a simple, cost-effective intervention in reducing melanoma mortality... - Development and reliability of a brief skin cancer risk assessment toolKaren Glanz
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, 1960 East West Road, Biomed C 105, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
Cancer Detect Prev 27:311-5. 2003..57-0.99) were fair to good, as were correlation coefficients. The BRAT has acceptable to good reproducibility. Reliability statistics compared favorably with those reported in the literature for similar measures... - Melanoma: a current overviewJohn C Kawaoka
Brown Medical School, USA
Med Health R I 87:128-31. 2004 - The struggle for primary prevention of skin cancerMartin A Weinstock
Am J Prev Med 34:171-2. 2008 - Summer sunburn and sun exposure among US youths ages 11 to 18: national prevalence and associated factorsKourtney J Davis
Worldwide Epidemiology, GlaxoSmithKline, Inc, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Pediatrics 110:27-35. 2002..These data may serve as a baseline for tracking progress in skin cancer prevention efforts and will inform the crafting of future public health campaigns... - Sunlight, tanning booths, and vitamin DHenry W Lim
Department of Dermatology at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 52:868-76. 2005 - Use of indoor tanning sunlamps by US youth, ages 11-18 years, and by their parent or guardian caregivers: prevalence and correlatesVilma E Cokkinides
Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research and Cancer Control, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA
Pediatrics 109:1124-30. 2002..Population-based data on the prevalence and correlates of this activity is important in the evaluation of potential public health interventions for skin cancer prevention... - ABCD, ABCDE, and ABCCCDEEEEFNUMartin A Weinstock
Arch Dermatol 142:528. 2006 - Sun protective behaviors and sunburn experiences in parents of youth ages 11 to 18Cheryll J Cardinez
Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, National Home Office, 1599 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30329-4251, USA
Prev Med 41:108-17. 2005..These data may be useful for developing or enhancing current sun protection programs for effective sun protection that include parents and their adolescents... - Tanning and vitamin D statusMartin A Weinstock
Am J Clin Nutr 82:707; author reply 707-8. 2005 - Promoting sun safety among US Postal Service letter carriers: impact of a 2-year interventionJoni A Mayer
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego 92123, USA
Am J Public Health 97:559-65. 2007..We examined whether US Postal Service letter carriers who received a sun safety intervention would wear wide-brim hats and sunscreen significantly more often than those who did not receive the intervention... - Sun-safe practices in U.S. youth and their parents: role of caregiver on youth sunscreen useVilma E Cokkinides
Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA
Am J Prev Med 26:147-51. 2004..There is a limited understanding of the social influences, such as the role of parents on youth sun-safe practices, that may reduce the risk of developing skin cancer later in life... - Conceptual issues in measuring the burden of skin diseasesMary-Margaret Chren
J Investig Dermatol Symp Proc 9:97-100. 2004 - Addition of dermoscopy to conventional naked-eye examination in melanoma screening: a randomized studyPaolo Carli
Department of Dermatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
J Am Acad Dermatol 50:683-9. 2004.... - The Framingham school nevus study: a pilot studySusan A Oliveria
Dermatology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Arch Dermatol 140:545-51. 2004..evaluate the relationship between host and environmental factors and prevalence of nevi in schoolchildren; and (3). demonstrate the feasibility of conducting a longitudinal study... - DermatoepidemiologyDavid A Barzilai
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 52:559-73; quiz 574-8. 2005..This article reviews clinical and analytic epidemiology pertinent to reading, interpreting, and critically examining the literature, and presents an overview of evidence-based dermatology as a starting point for further study... - Mandatory registration of clinical trials: a major step forward for evidence-based medicineAlexa Boer Kimball
Dermatology Clinical Studies Unit, Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's Hospitals, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 52:890-2. 2005 - Innovations and challenges in melanoma: summary statement from the first Cambridge conferenceMichael B Atkins
Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Clin Cancer Res 12:2291s-2296s. 2006....
Research Grants
- SKIN SELF EXAMINATION FOR EARLY DETECTION OF MELANOMAMartin Weinstock; Fiscal Year: 2002..The knowledge and experiment thus gained will aid the continuing efforts to encourage SSE and reduce melanoma mortality. ..
- Efficacy of Web-based Training in Skin Cancer TriageMartin Weinstock; Fiscal Year: 2007..We will also assess self-reported practices and other measures. If this course is found to be efficacious, it will be made freely available on the web, and we will plan efforts to encourage its broad dissemination. ..