Title | Cancers of the Skin [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the 8th World Congress / edited by Reinhard Dummer, Frank O. Nestle, Gรผnter Burg |
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Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2002 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59410-6 |
Descript | XIV, 380 p. online resource |
1 Prevention -- Public Education in Skin Cancer World-Wide -- UV Protection and Skin Cancer -- 2 UV Protection by Clothes -- Role of Clothes in Sun Protection -- Sun Protective Clothing: 5 Years of Experience in Australia -- European Standards for Protective Apparel Against UV Radiation -- American Standards for UV-Protective Textiles -- Activities of CIE DIV-6 (Photobiology and Photochemistry) in UV Protection and Clothing -- Comparison of Methods: Determination of UV Protection of Clothing -- Improving UV Protection by Clothing - Recent Developments -- Dress up for Sun Protection/Creation of Public Awareness -- 3 Melanoma Pathogenesis -- The Precursors of Malignant Melanoma -- Interferon-a Sensitivity in Melanoma Cells: Detection of Potential Response Marker Genes -- Molecular Cytogenetics as a Diagnostic Tool for Typing Melanocytic Tumors -- Loss of Heterozygosity and Microsatellite Instability in Acquired Melanocytic Nevi: Towards a Molecular Definition of the Dysplastic Nevus -- Epidemiology -- The Changing Incidence and Mortality of Melanoma in Australia -- Diagnostic -- Why Is Epiluminescence Microscopy Important? -- Sentinel Node Biopsy: Not Only a Staging Tool? -- Therapy -- The Impact of Surgery on the Course of Melanoma -- Perspectives of Pegylated Interferon Use in Dermatological Oncology -- Dendritic Cell Vaccination for the Treatment of Skin Cancer -- Gene-based Immunotherapy of Skin Cancers -- Cytokine-Fusion-Protein-Treatment -- Cytotoxic T-cell Induction in Metastatic Melanoma Patients Undergoing Recombinant Vaccinia Virus-based Immuno-gene Therapy -- Follow-up -- A Rational Approach to the Follow-up of Melanoma Patients -- 4 Epithelial Skin Tumors Therapy -- Micrographic Surgery of Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Head -- Repair of Cutaneous Defects After Skin Cancer Surgery -- Radiotherapy of Skin Tumors -- Photodynamic Therapy and Fluorescence Diagnosis of Skin Cancers. -- Intralesional Interferon in Basal Cell Carcinoma: How Does It Work? -- Epithelial Malignancies in Organ Transplant Patients: Clinical Presentation and New Methods of Treatment -- New Treatment Modalities for Basal Cell Carcinoma -- 5 Lymphoma Pathogenesis -- From Inflammation to Neoplasia: New Concepts in the Pathogenesis of Cutaneous Lymphomas -- Clinical Presentations -- Cutaneous Lymphomas and Pseudolymphomas: Newly Described Entities -- Clinical Aspects and Pathology of Primary Cutaneous B-Cell Lymphomas -- Diagnosis -- Modern Diagnosis of Cutaneous Lymphoma -- Therapy -- Treatment of Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma: 2001 -- New Biologic Agents for the Treatment of Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma -- 6 Mesenchymal Tumors -- Etiology and Pathogenesis of Kaposiโs Sarcoma -- Connective Tissue Tumors -- 7 Psychosocial Aspects -- How to Identify Patients in Need of Psychological Intervention -- Psychotherapeutic Interventions in Melanoma Patients