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ReviewCureus2021

A Review of Epidemiology and Cancer Biology of Malignant Melanoma.

Matthew G Davey, Nicola Miller, Niall M McInerney

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In one paragraph

Review in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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58citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

58 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  9. Cutaneous melanoma in Kazakhstan: epidemiological trends and economic burden on the healthcare system.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2026
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  17. A Porphyrin Nanomaterial for Photoimmunotherapy for Treatment of Melanoma.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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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

3 authors.

Matthew G DaveySurgery, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, IRL.
Nicola MillerSurgery, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, IRL.
Niall M McInerneyPlastic, Aesthetic, and Reconstructive Surgery, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, IRL.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malignant melanoma is a neoplasm originating in the melanocytes in the skin. Although malignant melanoma is the third most common cutaneous cancer, it is recognized as the main cause of skin cancer-related mortality, and its incidence is rising. The natural history of malignant melanoma involves an inconsistent and insidious skin cancer with great metastatic potential. Increased ultra-violet (UV) skin exposure is undoubtedly the greatest risk factor for developing cutaneous melanoma; however, a plethora of risk factors are now recognized as causative. Moreover, modern oncology now considers melanoma proliferation a complex, multifactorial process with a combination of genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors all known to be contributory to tumorgenesis. Herein, we wish to outline the epidemiological, molecular, and biological processes responsible for driving malignant melanoma proliferation.

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biologyepidemiologymelanomaoncologyskin cancer

Identifiers

PMID34155457
PMCPMC8210625

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