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ReviewNature reviews. Disease primers2025

Cutaneous melanoma.

Alpaslan Tasdogan, Ryan J Sullivan, Alexander Katalinic, Celeste Lebbe, Dagmar Whitaker, Susana Puig, Lonneke V van de Poll-Franse, Daniela Massi, Dirk Schadendorf

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Review in Nature reviews. Disease primers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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63citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Integrative bioinformatic and experimental analysis reveals prognostic and immunological roles of psychological stress-related genes in skin cutaneous melanoma.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  20. An Itch Receptor Drives Melanoma.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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3 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Alpaslan TasdoganDepartment of Dermatology, University Hospital Essen & German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Essen, Essen, Germany. alpaslan.tasdogan@uk-essen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2543-852X
Ryan J SullivanMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5344-6645
Alexander KatalinicInstitute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0490-1554
Celeste LebbeUniversité Paris Cite, AP-HP Dermato-oncology and CIC, Cancer institute APHP.nord Paris cité, INSERM U976, Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France.
Dagmar WhitakerMelanoma Advisory Board South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa.
Susana PuigDermatology Department, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Lonneke V van de Poll-FranseDivision of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Daniela MassiSection of Pathology, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5688-5923
Dirk SchadendorfDepartment of Dermatology, University Hospital Essen & German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Essen, Essen, Germany. dirk.schadendorf@uk-essen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3524-7858

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cutaneous melanoma is a common cancer in Australia and New Zealand, Europe, and North America, and its incidence is still increasing in many regions. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure (for example, through excessive sunlight exposure) remains the primary risk factor for melanoma; however, public awareness campaigns have led to a marked reduction in mortality. In addition to genetic damage from UV radiation, specific genetic alterations have been linked to melanoma. The stage of the tumour at the time of diagnosis is of greater importance for melanoma prognosis than in almost any other cancer. Context-dependent genetic mutations that attenuate tumour-suppressive mechanisms or activate growth-promoting signalling pathways are crucial factors in the development of cutaneous melanoma. In addition to external factors such as UV radiation, the tumour microenvironment can contribute to melanoma progression, invasion and metastasis. Cutaneous melanoma treatment has improved considerably over the past decade with the discovery and development of immune checkpoint inhibitors and therapy targeting BRAF and MEK. Over the next decade, several priorities are likely to influence melanoma research and management, including the continued advance of precision medicine methods to identify the most suitable patients for the most effective treatment, with the aim of improving clinical outcomes.

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MelanomaSkin NeoplasmsAustraliaCutaneous Malignant MelanomaHumansPrognosisRisk FactorsUltraviolet Rays

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