Skin Cancer and UV Radiation

Skin Cancer and UV Radiation in History of Medicine.- Sun and Men: An Ambivalent Relationship in the History of Medicine.- History of Therapeutic UV Radiation.- History of Skin Cancer.- UV Radiation and the Environment.- Basic Physical Aspects of Environmental UV Radiation.- UV Prognosis and UV Index Services in Europe.- Ozone Holes and UV Radiation: Ecological Consequences for Plants.- Public On-Line Information on Solar UV Irradiance Based on Spectrometric Measurements in a Sea Resort.- UV-Expert: A Spectroradiometric System for Individual UV Dosimetry.- Effects of UV Radiation on Human Skin.- MolecularBasics.- Basic Aspects of Collagen Metabolism.- Sunburn and Apoptosis.- Dermal Elimination of Apoptotic and Vital Melanocytes After UVA1 Radiation.- Importance of Calcium-Magnesium Antagonism and Thiols for Diminution of UVA1-Induced Cell Damage.- Molecular Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Photoaging and Tumor Progression.- How Much Sun Do We Need To Produce Vitamin D?.- UV Radiation and Urocanic Acid.- Activation of Human Endogenous Retroviral Sequences by UVB.- Melanins,Pigmentation and Erythema.- Melanins and Related Metabolites in Skin Photoprotection.- Physiology of Skin Pigmentation: Recent Results.- Time Course of UV Erythema.- Measurement of Constitutive Skin Phototypes.- Photoprotection by Total Melanin Content and Pigment Phenotype (Eumelanin, Pheomelanin) in Human Melanoma Cell Lines.- Melatonin: Multiple Functions in Signaling and Protection.- Principles of Phototesting and Photopatch Testing.- Optics of Human Skin: UV Effects Investigated with Dye Lasers.- Quantitative Evaluation of the UV Reaction at 325 nm with a Two-Dimensional Laser Doppler Perfusion Imager.- Immunology.- UV Radiation and Cytokines.- Effect of UV Light on the Production of Proopiomelanocortin-Derived Peptides and Melanocortin Receptors in the Skin.- Cytokines, Cytokine Receptors and Cytokine Antibodies: Clinical Implications.- Mexoryl SX Protects Against Photoimmunosuppression.- UV Protection: Sunscreens and other UV Protective Measures.- The Evolution of Recent Sunscreen.- Sunscreens in Europe: Recent Developments.- UV Protection by Sunscreens.- Photostable Suncare Products: Major Progress in Sun Protection.- Evaluation of Sunscreens.- Regulations on Sunscreens.- Use and Misuse of Sunscreens.- Sunscreens in Melanoma Protection - Pros and Cons.- Influence of Sunscreen on the Spectral Energy Distribution of Ultraviolet Radiation in Human Skin.- Clothing as Protection Against the Sun.- Developing a United States Sun-Protective Clothing Standard.- New UV Absorbers for Sun Protective Fabrics.- Novel Approaches to Photoprotection.- Betacarotene in the Prevention of Chronic Ultraviolet Damage and Non-melanoma Skin Cancer.- Therapeutic Use of UV Radiation.- Balneophototherapy.- A New Psoralen-Containing Gel for Topical PUVA Therapy: Development and Treatment Results with Palmoplantar and Plaque-Type Psoriasis, Pustulosis Palmaris et Plantaria and Chronic/Hyperkeratotic Eczema.- PUVA, Psoralens and Skin Cancer.- PUVA Bath Therapy: A Therapeutic Alternative to Systemic Photochemotherapy.- Artifical Light Sources for Phototherapy.- Trioxsalen Bath PUVA Does Not Increase the Risk of Squamous Cell Skin Carcinoma: A Joint Analysis of 1124 Swedish and Finnish Patients Followed Up for 10 Years.- Photoaging and Other Side Effects Due to the Long-Term PUVA Therapy.- Evaluation of PUVA Bath Therapy for Sclerosing Dermatoses by in Vivo Measurement of Skin Elasticity Using Cutometer SEM 575.- Kinetics of 8-Methoxypsoralen - Induced Skin Photosensitization in PUVA Bath Photochemotherapy.- 8-Methoxypsoralen Plasma Levels in Patients with Different Dermatoses Following PUVA Bath Photochemotherapy.- A New Treatment Modality of Localized Scleroderma: Low-Dose UVAl Phototherapy.- Influences of UV Radiation in the Therapy of Psoriasis Vulgaris.- Assessment of Actinic Elastosis by 20 MHz Sonography.- Photopheresis as a Therapeutical Alternative for PUVA.- Extracorporeal Photochemotherapy in the Treatment of Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma.- Modifications in Cutaneous Infiltrate and Death Rate of Lymphoid Cells in Mycosis Fungoides Patients Treated with Photopheresis.- Epidemiology of Skin Cancer.- Future Trends in the Incidence of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma in White Populations.- Recent Epidemiological Trends of Cutaneous Melanoma in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.Results of the Central Malignant Melanoma Registry.- Seasonal Patterns in the Diagnosis of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma due to Differential Detection Rather than Biological Causes. An Analysis of the Data of the German Central Malignant Melanoma Registry.- Parametric Estimation of the "Risk of Melanoma-Related Death" with the Recursion Formula of the Gompertz Survival Function.- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Mortality.- Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Sex, Age and Location Distribution.- Meta-analysis of the Role of Oral Contraceptives in the Development of Malignant Melanoma Based on Published Case-Control Studies Revealed no Evidence for an Association.- Demographic and Enviromental Factors Associated with Excess Risk for Malignant Melanoma and Non-melanocytic Skin Cancers in Alberta, Canada.- Risk Factors of Skin Cancer.- Defining Individual Risk Factors for Skin Melanoma.- Pregnancy, Nevi, and Melanoma.- Allelic Loss and Skin Cancer.- Cancer Prone Genophotodermatoses.- Nevi and Initiation by Sun.- Children and Sun.- Skin Cancer Risks from Ultraviolet Lamps and Sunbeds.- Artificial Light Sources and Skin Cancer: Definition of a Carcinogenic Action Spectrum.- Efficiency of Therapeutic UV Devices and the Risk of Skin Cancer.- Occupation and Skin Cancer.- Skin Cancers in Organ Transplant Recipients.- Malignant and Virus-Induced Skin Tumors in a 49-Year-Old Patient with a Heart Transplant.- HIV Infection and Malignancies.- Thermal Injury and UV Radiation as Cofactors in Scar-Associated Malignant Melanoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature.- Naevi and Solar Keratoses as Risk Factors for Melanoma in Australia.- Molecular Basics of Skin Cancer.- Immunology of Melanoma.- The Genetics of Actinic Keratoses.- Multiple p53 Mutations are Common in Basal Cell Carcinoma.- Nuclear Reactivity Relationship Among p53 and Some of its Downstream Proteins is Predictive of p53 Functional State.- DNA Photodamage and its Repair in Human Epidermis in Vivo.- UVB Irradiation, Mismatch Repair and Cutaneous Melanoma.- Human Photoimmunology: The Relevance of Ultraviolet Radiation-Induced Immunosuppression for Photocarcinogenesis.- The Induction of Nevi and Skin Tumors in Pigmented Hairless Mice HRA, HRII-c/+SKH by 9,10 Dimethyl-1,2-Benzanthracene and UV Radiation.- The Role of Human Papillomaviruses in Non-melanoma Skin Cancer.- Presence of HPV DNA in Trichilemmomas Detected by Polymerase Chain Reaction.- Immunhistology of Skin Cancer.- Biochemical Cell Markers Used in Diagnosis of Spinous Cellular Carcinoma of the Lower Lip.- Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Cell Cycle Regulating Proteins in Epithelial Skin Tumors.- Screening Campaigns and Prevention of Skin Cancer.- Skin Cancer Prevention.- Do Not Give Skin Cancer A Chance.- Worldwide Experience with the Realization of Educational Campaignes.- Legislation of Skin Cancer Prevention in Europe.- European Screening Projects: Experience in Germany.- Skin Cancer Prevention in Germany.- The Activities of German Cancer Aid for the Prevention and Early Detection of Skin Cancer.- Skin Cancer Prevention in North Rhine-Westphalia: How to Place the Message.- Health and Fun: A Program for Preventive Care in Primary Schools.- Primary prevention of Skin Cancer: A Model Conception in Cooperation with Schools and Kindergartens.- Cost Effectiveness in Skin Cancers Prevention.- Public Health Potential for Cancer Prevention in Europe.- The Knowledge about Melanoma Risk Factors in the Public: Has it Changed for the Better?.- Preventive Suggestions to Avoid Excessive Sunlight Exposure.- The Improvement of Sun Protection Among Children: Empirical Evidence from Successive Studies in Gottingen.- Multimedia Techniques in the Primary and Secondary Prevention of Malignant Melanoma.- Statistical Methods for Evaluating the Efficacy of Screening Programs for Skin Cancer.- Quality Assurance in Cancer Screening.- General Guidelines for Quality Assurance of Skin Cancer Screening.- Diagnosis of Skin Cancer.- Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Pigmented Skin Tumors.- Epiluminescence Microscopy: Diagnostic Standard.- Differential Diagnosis of Skin Tumors Using Tumor Microcirculation.- High-Frequency Ultrasound of Skin Tumors.- High-Frequency Ultrasound (50-150 MHz) in Dermatology.- Computerised Diagnosis of Skin Cancer Using Neural Networks.- Automated Instrumentation for the Diagnosis of Invasive Melanoma: Image Analysis of Oil Epiluminescence Microscopy.- Noninvasive Bioengineering Techniques to Measure UV Effects in Human Skin.- Influence of Two Minimal Erythema Doses on the Dermoscopic Image of Acquired Melanocytic Nevi.- Instrumental Evaluation of Skin Colour and Melanoma Risk.- Nevocellular Nevus, Malignant Melanoma, Basal Cell Carcinoma and Seborrheic Keratosis Can Be Differentiated Using Magnetic Resonance Microscopy.- Skin Cancer Evaluation using Texture and Form Analysis of Sonograms.- The Pre-operative Lympho-scintigraphy: Drainage Pathways and Variability in the Malignant Melanoma of the Trunc.- Positron Emission Tomography: Evaluation of the Diagnostic Validity in Metastatic Melanoma.- Tyrosinase Fails as an Early Melanoma Progression Marker.- Evaluation of Serum Protein S-100 as a New Melanoma Marker.- Single Dimensional Line Measurement with a Laser Sensor by Dynamic Focusing Principle as a Tool of Modern Skin Physiology.- Telecommunication of Digitized Dermatoscopic Images Improves Histopathological Examination and Surgical Treatment of Skin Lesions.- Skin Cancer Therapy.- Recent Developments in Melanoma Surgery.- Surgical Treatment of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer.- New Aspects in the Chemotherapy of Malignant Melanoma.- The Sentinel Lymphono dec tomy in the Treatment of Malignant Melanomas.- Advances in the Adjuvant Therapy of Melanoma.- Adjuvant Therapy for Malignant Melanoma.- Active Immunotherapy in Melanoma Patients: New Experiences at National Cancer Institute of Milan.- New Developments in (Chemo)Immunotherapy in the Management of Micrometastatic and Macrometastatic Melanoma.- Follow-Up of Malignant Skin Tumors.- Vaccination Against the Mouse B16 Melanoma: Irradiated Tumor Cells Mixed with Liposome Encapsulated IL-2 as an Alternative to IL-2-Gene Transfected Tumor Cells.- Fotemustine Monochemotherapy in Patients with Advanced Melanoma.- Quality of Life and Pain Management of Terminal III Melanoma Patients: A Retrospective Study.- Retinoids and Photocarcinogenesis: An End to the Controversy?.- The Short-Term Use of 5-Fluorouracil to Identify Subclinical Actinic Keratoses in Young Adults with Subsequent Long-Term Application of Tretinoin to Prevent Tumor Progression.- Improvement of the Therapy of Actinic Keratoses with 5-Fluorouracil: Clinical Results of a Treatment with a Low Dose Patch.- Photodynamic Therapy of Skin Cancers: A New Therapeutic Alternative?.- The Application of Nd-Yag Laser in the Surgical Treatment of Skin Cancer.- Case Reports.- Desmoplastic Malignant Melanoma: Case Report.- Amelanotic Malignant Melanoma: Case Report.- An Unusual Case of Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans.- Mistletoe Treatment for Melanoma Brain Metastases: A Single Case.