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UV-Induced Molecular Signaling Differences in Melanoma and Non-melanoma Skin Cancer.

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One shared characteristic of skin cancer is that, according to the current views, they all are caused by solar or artificial ultraviolet radiation (UVR).
Abstract
There are three major types of skin cancer: melanoma, basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). BCC and SCC are often referred to as non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). NMSCs are relatively non-lethal and curable by surgery, hence are not reportable in most cancer registries all over the world. Melanoma is the deadliest skin cancer. Its incidence rate (case number) is about 1/10th of that for NMSC, yet its death toll is ~8 fold higher than NMSC.

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Emerging Perspective: Role of Increased ROS and Redox Imbalance in Skin Carcinogenesis

TL;DR: In spite of ROS inducing skin carcinogenesis, toxic-dose ROS could trigger cell death/apoptosis and, therefore, may be an efficient therapeutic tool to battle skin cancer.
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Cellular Senescence and the Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype as Drivers of Skin Photoaging.

TL;DR: The mechanisms contributing to the accumulation of senescent cells in the skin are described and how the persistence of cellular senescence can promote impaired regenerative capacity, chronic inflammation, and tumorigenesis associated with photoaging are described.
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Cannabinoids in the Pathophysiology of Skin Inflammation.

TL;DR: In vivo and in vitro studies that employed either phyto-, endo-, or synthetic cannabinoids were considered and the potential role of cannabinoids as antitumoral drugs is explored in relation to the inflammatory component of skin cancer.

Melanoma genome sequencing reveals frequent PREX2 mutations

TL;DR: A wide range of point mutation rates was observed: lowest in melanomas whose primaries arose on non-ultraviolet-exposed hairless skin of the extremities (3 and 14 per megabase (Mb) of genome, intermediate in those originating from hair-bearing skin on the trunk (5-55 per Mb), and highest in a patient with a documented history of chronic sun exposure (111 per Mb) as mentioned in this paper.
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Photoprotection according to skin phototype and dermatoses: practical recommendations from an expert panel.

TL;DR: A selective literature search was performed by an international expert panel, focusing on the type of sunscreen to recommend for photoaging, skin cancers, photodermatoses, pigmentary disorders and skin inflammatory disorders as discussed by the authors.
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Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer

Ludmil B. Alexandrov, +84 more
- 22 Aug 2013 - 
TL;DR: It is shown that hypermutation localized to small genomic regions, ‘kataegis’, is found in many cancer types, and this results reveal the diversity of mutational processes underlying the development of cancer.
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Distinct Sets of Genetic Alterations in Melanoma

TL;DR: The genetic alterations identified in melanoma at different sites and with different levels of sun exposure indicate that there are distinct genetic pathways in the development of melanoma and implicate CDK4 and CCND1 as independent oncogenes in melanomas without mutations in BRAF or N-RAS.
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8-Hydroxyguanine, an abundant form of oxidative DNA damage, causes G----T and A----C substitutions.

TL;DR: These assays illustrate mutagenic replication of oh8Gua as template causing G----T substitutions and misincorporation of Oh8G Hua as substrate causing A----C substitutions, both caused by oh8 Gua.
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