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C. Kennedy
Researcher at Leiden University Medical Center
Publications - 10
Citations - 1086
C. Kennedy is an academic researcher from Leiden University Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Melanoma & Skin cancer. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 10 publications receiving 1035 citations.
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Melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene variants are associated with an increased risk for cutaneous melanoma which is largely independent of skin type and hair color.
C. Kennedy,Jeanet A.C. ter Huurne,Marjo J.P. Berkhout,Nelleke A. Gruis,Maarten T. Bastiaens,Wilma Bergman,Rein Willemze,Jan Nico Bouwes Bavinck +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the relationship of melanocortin 1 receptor gene variants, fair skin, red hair and the development of melanoma in 123 patients with cutaneous melanoma and 385 control subjects.
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The Influence of Painful Sunburns and Lifetime Sun Exposure on the Risk of Actinic Keratoses, Seborrheic Warts, Melanocytic Nevi, Atypical Nevi, and Skin Cancer
TL;DR: Lifetime sun exposure appeared to be associated with a lower risk of malignant melanoma, despite the fact that lifetime sun exposure did not diminish the number of melanocytic nevi or atypical nevi, and painful sunburns nor lifetimeSun exposure were associated with an increased risk of seborrheic warts.
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Effect of smoking and sun on the aging skin.
C. Kennedy,Maarten T. Bastiaens,Rein Willemze,Jan Nico Bouwes Bavinck,Chris Bajdik,Rudi G. J. Westendorp +5 more
TL;DR: The association between increasing age, sun exposure, and amount of telangiectasia was strong among men, but less apparent among women, and smoking was also associated with elastosis among both sexes, and with telang iectasia predominantly among men.
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Photodynamic Therapy does not Prevent Cutaneous Squamous-Cell Carcinoma in Organ-Transplant Recipients: Results of a Randomized-Controlled Trial
Ymke G.L. de Graaf,C. Kennedy,Ron Wolterbeek,Annemie F.S. Collen,Rein Willemze,Jan Nico Bouwes Bavinck +5 more
TL;DR: In conclusion, PDT does not appear to prevent the occurrence of new squamous-cell carcinomas in organ-transplant recipients, but to some degree, reduces the increase of keratotic skin lesions.
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Effectiveness of the nursing programme 'Coping with itch': a randomized controlled study in adults with chronic pruritic skin disease.
H. van Os-Medendorp,Wynand J. G. Ros,P C M Eland-de Kok,C. Kennedy,Bing Thio,A van der Schuur-van der Zande,Mieke Grypdonck,Carla A.F.M. Bruijnzeel-Koomen +7 more
TL;DR: The nursing programme ‘Coping with Itch’ aims at reducing itch and at helping patients with chronic pruritic skin diseases cope with itch through educational and cognitive behavioural interventions.