Browsing SPH Scholarly Articles by Keyword "Dermatology"

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    • Association between Cutaneous Nevi and Breast Cancer in the Nurses' Health Study: A Prospective Cohort Study 

      Zhang, Mingfeng; Zhang, Xuehong; Qureshi, Abrar A.; Eliassen, A. Heather; Hankinson, Susan E.; Han, Jiali (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Background: Cutaneous nevi are suggested to be hormone-related. We hypothesized that the number of cutaneous nevi might be a phenotypic marker of plasma hormone levels and predict subsequent breast cancer risk. Methods and ...

    • Graft versus Host Disease in the Bone Marrow, Liver and Thymus Humanized Mouse Model 

      Greenblatt, Matthew Blake; Vbranac, Vladimir; Tivey, Trevor; Tsang, Kelly; Tager, Andrew Martin; Aliprantis, Antonios O. (Public Library of Science, 2012)
      Mice bearing a “humanized” immune system are valuable tools to experimentally manipulate human cells in vivo and facilitate disease models not normally possible in laboratory animals. Here we describe a form of GVHD that ...

    • Indoor Tanning and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

      Wehner, Mackenzie R; Shive, Melissa Lily; Chren, Mary-Margaret; Han, Jiali; Qureshi, Abrar A; Linos, Elizabeth (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2012)
      Objective: To synthesise the literature on indoor tanning and non-melanoma skin cancer. Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources: PubMed (1966 to present), Embase (1974 to present), and Web of Science (1898 ...

    • Telomere Length and the Risk of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma in Melanoma-Prone Families with and without CDKN2A Mutations 

      Burke, Laura S.; Hyland, Paula L.; Pfeiffer, Ruth M.; Prescott, Jennifer; Wheeler, William; Mirabello, Lisa; Savage, Sharon A.; Burdette, Laurie; Yeager, Meredith; Chanock, Stephen; De Vivo, Immaculata; Tucker, Margaret A.; Goldstein, Alisa M.; Yang, Xiaohong R. (Public Library of Science, 2013)
      Introduction: Recent evidence suggests a link between constitutional telomere length (TL) and cancer risk. Previous studies have suggested that longer telomeres were associated with an increased risk of melanoma and larger ...