In humans, structural and functional changes attributable to aging are more visibly evident in
the skin than in any other organ. Estrogens have significant effects on skin physiology and …

Cutaneous melanoma is an aggressive tumor; its incidence has been reported to increase
fast in the past decades. Melanoma is a heterogeneous tumor, with most patients harboring …

Purpose About one third of all melanoma in women occur during their childbearing age. An
association between melanoma and hormonal and reproductive factors remains …

Disparities in the prognosis and incidence of melanoma between male and female patients
have led clinicians to explore the influence of steroid hormones on the development and …

The risk and benefits of HRT should be evaluated for all women who undergo a premature
menopause as a result of gynaecological malignancy to reduce menopausal symptoms and …

This chapter describes the common melanocytic lesions which present to the dermatologist,
and how they are to be distinguished from melanoma. The natural history of the lesions are …

Background Management of melanoma during pregnancy can be extremely challenging.
The reported incidence of melanoma in pregnancy ranges from 2.8 to 5.0 per 100 000 …

Melanoma is the most common cancer in women during their reproductive years and kills
more young Australians than any other single cancer. Care of women whose pregnancy is …

Malignant melanoma is among the malignant tumors whose incidence has risen markedly in
recent decades. For many years the medical community debated the potential adverse …

There is no conclusive evidence that pregnancy adversely affects overall survival in patients
with melanoma. Clinicians caring for pregnant patients should be as suspicious of changes …