Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

The significance of regression in thin melanoma of the skin

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -) Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Joyce KM, McInerney NM, Piggott RP, Martin F, Jones DM, Hussey AJ et al (2017) Analysis of sentinel node positivity in primary cutaneous melanoma: an 8-year single institution experience. Ir J Med Sci. doi:10.1007/s11845-017-1559-2

    Google Scholar 

  2. Roncati L, Piscioli F, Pusiol T (2017) Current controversies on sentinel node biopsy in thin and thick cutaneous melanoma. Eur J Surg Oncol 43(2):506–507

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Roncati L, Piscioli F, Pusiol T (2016) Sentinel lymph node in thin and thick melanoma. Klin Onkol 29(5):393–394

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Piscioli F, Pusiol T, Roncati L (2017) Wisely choosing thin melanomas for sentinel lymph node biopsy. J Am Acad Dermatol 76(1):25

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Clark WH Jr, Elder DE, Guerry D 4th, Braitman LE, Trock BJ, Schultz D et al (1989) Model predicting survival in stage I melanoma based on tumor progression. J Natl Cancer Inst 81(24):1893–1904

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Roncati L, Piscioli F, Pusiol T (2017) Clinical application of the unifying concept of cutaneous melanoma. Chonnam Med J 53(1):78–80

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  7. Elder DE, Guerry D 4th, Epstein MN, Zehngebot L, Lusk E, Van Horn M et al (1984) Invasive malignant melanomas lacking competence for metastasis. Am J Dermatopathol 6(suppl):55–61

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Piscioli F, Pusiol T, Roncati L (2016) Nowadays a histological sub-typing of thin melanoma is demanded for a proper patient management. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 69(11):1563–1564

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Piscioli F, Pusiol T, Roncati L (2016) Histopathological determination of thin melanomas at risk for metastasis. Melanoma Res 26(6):635

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Ronan SG, Han MC, Das Gupta TK (1988) Histologic prognostic indicators in cutaneous malignant melanoma. Semin Oncol 15(6):558–565

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. Mihic-Probst D, Shea C, Duncan L, de la Fouchardiere A, Landman G, Landsberg J et al (2016) Update on thin melanoma: outcome of an international workshop. Adv Anat Pathol 23(1):24–29

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  12. Roncati L, Piscioli F, Pusiol T (2016) Surgical outcomes reflect the histological types of cutaneous malignant melanoma. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. doi:10.1111/jdv.14023

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  13. Piscioli F, Pusiol T, Roncati L (2016) Diagnostic approach to melanocytic lesion of unknown malignant potential. Melanoma Res 26(1):91–92

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  14. Pusiol T, Piscioli F, Speziali L, Zorzi MG, Morichetti D, Roncati L (2015) Clinical features, dermoscopic patterns, and histological diagnostic model for melanocytic tumors of uncertain malignant potential (MELTUMP). Acta Dermatovenerol Croat 23(3):185–194

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  15. Piscioli F, Pusiol T, Roncati L (2016) Diagnostic disputes regarding atypical melanocytic lesions can be solved by using the term MELTUMP. Turk Patoloji Derg 32(1):63–64

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  16. Roncati L, Pusiol T, Piscioli F (2016) Thin melanoma: a generic term including four histological subtypes of cutaneous melanoma. Acta Dermatovenerol Croat 24(4):169–174

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  17. Piscioli F, Pusiol T, Roncati L (2016) Thin melanoma subtyping fits well with the American joint committee on cancer staging system. Melanoma Res 26(6):636

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  18. Piscioli F, Pusiol T, Roncati L (2017) Higher predictive value of sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with histological sub-categorization of thin melanoma. Int J Dermatol. doi:10.1111/n13548

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Provincial Health Care Services, Institute of Pathology, Santa Maria del Carmine Hospital, Rovereto, Trentino, Italy

    L. Roncati, F. Piscioli & T. Pusiol

  2. Department of Diagnostic and Clinical Medicine and of Public Health, Section of Pathology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Policlinico Hospital, I-41124, Modena, Modena, Italy

    L. Roncati

Authors
  1. L. Roncati
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. F. Piscioli
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. T. Pusiol
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to L. Roncati.

Ethics declarations

Funding

None declared.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Ethical approval

Not required.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Roncati, L., Piscioli, F. & Pusiol, T. The significance of regression in thin melanoma of the skin. Ir J Med Sci 187, 95–96 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-017-1612-1

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-017-1612-1

Keywords

Search

Navigation