Re: High nevus counts confer a favorable prognosis in melanoma patients by S ribero and co-workers, published in the International Journal of Cancer, 2015 (online 21 march 2015)

Autier, Philippe and Funck-Brentano, Elisa and Aegerter, Philippe and Boniol, Mathieu and Saiag, Philippe (2015) Re: High nevus counts confer a favorable prognosis in melanoma patients by S ribero and co-workers, published in the International Journal of Cancer, 2015 (online 21 march 2015). International Journal of Cancer, 137 (12). pp. 3006-3007. ISSN 0020-7136 (https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29648)

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Abstract

Dear Sir, The study by S Ribero and co-workers is welcome because only few studies have examined the outcome of cutaneous melanoma patients according to host characteristics associated with greater risk to be diagnosed with this cancer.1 Number and size of nevi is the strongest risk factor for melanoma occurrence, and despite a lack of evidence, it is generally assumed that higher risk of melanoma occurrence would also mean a higher risk of melanoma death. Because of this assumption, subjects with high nevus count are recommended to have regular skin examinations so that detection of melanoma at an early stage may prevent the occurrence of late stage, potentially lethal melanoma. However, contrary to assumptions, the study of Ribero et al. rather suggests that a high nevus count could be associated with a lower risk to die from melanoma, and this lower risk was in a multivariate analysis independent of age, sex, anatomic location, tumour phenotype, and sentinel lymph node status. Ribero et al. concluded that in patients with an excessive number of nevi, melanoma would have a less aggressive biological behavior.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:55322
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    15 December 2015
    Published
    22 July 2015
    Published Online
    3 June 2015
    Accepted
    Notes:This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Autier, P., Funck-Brentano, E., Aegerter, P., Boniol, M., & Saiag, P. (2015). Re: High nevus counts confer a favorable prognosis in melanoma patients by S ribero and co-workers, published in the International Journal of Cancer, 2015 (online 21 march 2015). International Journal of Cancer, 137(12), 3006-3007, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29648. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
    Subjects:Medicine > Internal medicine > Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
    Medicine > Pharmacy and materia medica
    Department:Faculty of Science > Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:14 Jan 2016 14:31
    Last modified:08 Apr 2024 22:43
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/55322
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