Research Articles (Dermatology)

The incidence of melanoma in South Africa : an exploratory analysis of National Cancer Registry data from 2005 to 2013 with a specific focus on melanoma in black Africans

Tod, B. M.; Kellett, P. E.; Singh, E.; Visser, W. I.; Lombard, C. J.; Wright, C. Y. (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2019-03-29)

Background. Melanoma is an aggressive skin cancer with poor survival when diagnosed late. There are important differences in clinical and histological features of melanoma and disease outcomes in people with darker skin ...

The incidence of skin cancer in relation to climate change in South Africa

Wright, Caradee Y.; Norval, Mary; Kapwata, Thandi; Du Preez, David Jean; Wernecke, Bianca; Tod, Bianca; Visser, Willem I. (MDPI, 2019-10-22)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Climate change is associated with shifts in global weather patterns, especially an increase in ambient temperature, and is deemed a formidable threat to human health. Skin cancer, a non-communicable ...

Clinical and pathological features of acral melanoma in a South African population : a retrospective study

De Wet, J.; Tod, B.; Visser, W. I.; Jordaan, H. F.; Schneider, J. W. (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2018-08-28)

Background. Acral melanoma (AM) is a rare subtype of cutaneous melanoma (CM) that disproportionately affects skin of colour and carries a poorer prognosis than other melanoma subtypes. The poor prognosis is attributed to ...

Pyoderma gangrenosum, acne, and suppurative hidradenitis syndrome in end-stage renal disease successfully treated with adalimumab

De Wet, J.; Jordaan, H. F.; Kannenberg, S. M.; Tod, B.; Glanzmann, B.; Visser, W. I. (University of California, 2017)

PASH syndrome (pyoderma gangrenosum, acne, and suppurative hidradenitis) forms part of the spectrum of autoinflammatory diseases. We report an unusual case of PASH syndrome in a patient with end-stagerenal disease (ESRD) ...