Do Not Give Skin Cancer A Chance

Hoffmann, K.; Gebler, A.; Trampisch, Hans–Joachim; Hoffmann, A.; Lueg, A.; Altmeyer, Peter; W, Wienand

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-60771-4_97

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“…We found that eye and hair colours were evenly distributed within almost all skin types and Ho¡man et al (24) found a comparable distribution of hair and eye colours within the four Caucasian skin types. Eye and hair colour cannot therefore be used as a substitute for skin typing in studies of sun sensitivity.…”

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confidence: 66%

“…The greatest variation in skin types between the four cities in the Swedish study was in skin type IV, with 4% of the study persons in Gothenburg in the south region of Sweden and 16% in Sundswall in the northern region (23). In the German skin cancer screening campaign``Give Skin Cancer No Chance'' (24) it was found that approximately 84% of the 24,432 screened persons were of skin type II or III.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Interdependence of Eye and Hair Colour, Skin Type and Skin Pigmentation in a Caucasian Population

Lock‐Andersen

Wulf²,

Knudstorp³

1998

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

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Eye colour, hair colour and skin colour are important risk factors for malignant melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers. There are few studies in which the distribution of these pigmentary factors in risk populations has been assessed. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of the major eye and hair colours and the distribution of skin types and skin pigmentation in a Caucasian population. In 892 Danish Caucasians, eye colour, hair colour and skin type were assessed and facultative and constitutive skin pigmentation were measured objectively using skin reflectance spectroscopy. Blue eye colour and blond hair colour and skin type II were the most frequent (60%, 67% and 33% of subjects, respectively). All four major eye colours and four major hair colours (with the exception of red hair colour) were found within skin types I-IV and we could not predict the skin type or the constitutive skin pigmentation. Skin type could not be taken to classify individuals reliably according to their facultative or constitutive skin pigmentation.

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Interdependence of Eye and Hair Colour, Skin Type and Skin Pigmentation in a Caucasian Population

Lock‐Andersen

Wulf²,

Knudstorp³

1998

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

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“…Especially in patients with multiple melanocytic nevi, for example, dysplastic nevi syndrome, it is frequently necessary to remove suspicious lesions in order to document the presence of histologic dysplasia and the absence of malignancy. 1,2 Atypical nevi may be removed by full‐thickness skin incision, punch excision, or deep shave excision. Although these methods can yield adequate specimens for pathologic interpretation, 2–5 the shave excisions frequently produce better cosmetic results than punch biopsies or excisions of full‐thickness skin with primary or secondary wound healing.…”

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Deep Shave Excision of Macular Melanocytic Nevi with the Razor Blade Biopsy Technique

Gambichler

Senger

Rapp

et al. 2000

Dermatologic Surgery

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Our data confirm that deep razor blade excision presents a highly useful and inexpensive method for the removal of macular melanocytic nevi that yields adequate specimens for pathologic interpretation. We consider that shave excision with the razor blade technique is potentially much less scarring than full-thickness scalpel excisions of nevi. In particular, this is of great significance for patients with multiple nevi, such as dysplastic nevi syndrome.

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“…The yield of melanoma diagnoses in most screening clinics is usually very low, especially for population screening where there is little self‐selection and no referral by a GP. Among 25,000 individuals screened by dermatologists in Germany, only 134 (0.5%) cases of melanoma and 208 (0.8%) cases of non‐melanoma skin cancers were diagnosed clinically but were not confirmed histologically 15 . Curley et al 16 .…”

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Melanoma yield, number of biopsies and missed melanomas in a British teaching hospital pigmented lesion clinic: a 9-year retrospective study

Bataille

Sasieni²,

Curley

et al. 1999

British Journal of Dermatology

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The demand for pigmented lesion clinics (PLCs) is increasing in view of improved skin cancer awareness following public health education campaigns. These clinics offer an effective way of screening a large number of patients. However, there is no evidence, as yet, that they have an impact on mortality due to malignant melanoma. With the lack of follow-up inherent to these busy screening clinics, there is some concern that melanomas may be missed. This study reports on 7874 patient visits to a PLC in a teaching hospital between 1985 and 1994. In total, 1705 biopsies were performed over the 9-year period. Lesions were more likely to be biopsied in men compared with women. The yield for picking melanomas was one in 36 patient visits. The mean age of patients attending the PLC was 10 years less than the mean age for population-based melanomas. Melanoma thickness did not significantly change over the 9-year period. Only 0.2% of patients (14 cases) re-presented to the PLC for a second or third visit with a final diagnosis of melanoma, but for five of these patients, the interval between the two visits was over 2 years. Most of these 're-attending' melanomas were early lesions. PLCs offer a fast, safe and efficient service for the screening of pigmented lesions but their role in reducing mortality due to malignant melanoma remains to be established. It is likely that these clinics have an important role in terms of public health education regarding sun avoidance and early recognition of skin cancer.

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Do Not Give Skin Cancer A Chance

Cited by 5 publications

References 145 publications

Interdependence of Eye and Hair Colour, Skin Type and Skin Pigmentation in a Caucasian Population

Interdependence of Eye and Hair Colour, Skin Type and Skin Pigmentation in a Caucasian Population

Deep Shave Excision of Macular Melanocytic Nevi with the Razor Blade Biopsy Technique

Melanoma yield, number of biopsies and missed melanomas in a British teaching hospital pigmented lesion clinic: a 9-year retrospective study

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