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==Overview==
==Overview==
[[Melanoma]] was first described by [[Hippocrates]] in the 5th century BC. It was often described as the fatal black [[tumor]]. In 1838, the term ''[[melanoma]]'' was first proposed by Sir Robert Carswell, a British [[Pathology|pathologist]]. In 1956, Henry Lancaster, an Australian [[mathematician]], was the first to discover the association between [[Ultraviolet|UV radiation]] exposure and development of [[melanoma]]. In 2003, ''[[BRAF (gene)|BRAF]]'' [[Mutation|mutations]] were first identified in the [[pathogenesis]] of [[melanoma]].
==Historical Perspective==


==History of Melanoma==
=== Discovery ===
Although melanoma is not a new disease, evidence for its occurrence in antiquity is rather scarce. However, one example lies in a 1960s examination of nine Peruvian Inca mummies, radiocarbon dated to be approximately 2400 years old, which showed apparent signs of melanoma: melanotic masses in the skin and diffuse metastases to the bones.<!--
*[[Melanoma]] was first described by [[Hippocrates]] in the 5th century BC. It was often described as the fatal black [[tumor]].<ref name="pmid22740229">{{cite journal| author=Karamanou M, Liappas I, Stamboulis E, Lymperi M, Kyriakis K, Androutsos G| title=Sir Robert Carswell (1793-1857): coining the term "melanoma". | journal=J BUON | year= 2012 | volume= 17 | issue= 2 | pages= 400-2 | pmid=22740229 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22740229  }} </ref><ref name="pmid5326247">{{cite journal| author=Urteaga O, Pack GT| title=On the antiquity of melanoma. | journal=Cancer | year= 1966 | volume= 19 | issue= 5 | pages= 607-10 | pmid=5326247 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=5326247 }} </ref>
  --><ref name="urteaga">{{cite journal | author = Urteaga O, Pack G | title = On the antiquity of melanoma. | journal = Cancer | volume = 19 | issue = 5 | pages = 607-10 | year = 1966 | id = PMID 5326247}}</ref>
*Initially, [[melanoma]] was thought to be associated with black carbon deposits in [[Patient|patients]] with [[lung cancer]]. It was not until 1804 that René Laennec, a French [[physician]] and inventor of the [[stethoscope]], distinguished [[melanoma]] (referred to as ''melanose'') as a unique [[disease]].
 
*In 1838, the term ''[[melanoma]]'' was first proposed by Sir Robert Carswell, a British [[Pathology|pathologist]].<ref name="pmid22740229">{{cite journal| author=Karamanou M, Liappas I, Stamboulis E, Lymperi M, Kyriakis K, Androutsos G| title=Sir Robert Carswell (1793-1857): coining the term "melanoma". | journal=J BUON | year= 2012 | volume= 17 | issue= 2 | pages= 400-2 | pmid=22740229 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22740229  }} </ref>
John Hunter is reported to be the first to operate on metastatic melanoma in 1787. Although not knowing precisely what it was, he described it as a "cancerous fungous excrescence". The excised tumor was preserved in the [[Royal College of Surgeons of England#Hunterian and Wellcome Museums|Hunterian Museum]] of the [[Royal College of Surgeons of England]]. It was not until 1968 that microscopic examination of the specimen revealed it to be an example of metastatic melanoma.<!--
*The association between [[Genetic disorder|hereditary diseases]] and [[melanoma]] was first made by William Norris, a British [[general practitioner]].<ref name="Norris">{{cite journal|author=Norris W.|title=Case of fungoid disease.|journal=Edinb Med Surg J.|year=1820|volume=16|pages=562-565|}}</ref>
  --><ref name=bodenham">{{cite journal | author = Bodenham D | title = A study of 650 observed malignant melanomas in the South-West region. | journal = Ann R Coll Surg Engl | volume = 43 | issue = 4 | pages = 218-39 | year = 1968 | id = PMID 5698493}}</ref>
*In 1853, Sir James Paget, a British [[surgeon]], described the characteristic radial and vertical growth phases of [[melanoma]].<ref name="pmid22395415">{{cite journal| author=Rebecca VW, Sondak VK, Smalley KS| title=A brief history of melanoma: from mummies to mutations. | journal=Melanoma Res | year= 2012 | volume= 22 | issue= 2 | pages= 114-22 | pmid=22395415 | doi=10.1097/CMR.0b013e328351fa4d | pmc=PMC3303163 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22395415  }} </ref>
 
*In 1905, the [[Surgery|surgical management]] using "[[excision]] and [[Dissection (medical)|dissection]] in continuity" was first suggested by William Handley, a British researcher. This [[Surgery|surgical]] approach remained the predominant [[therapeutic]] approach for the management of [[melanoma]] until the mid-20th century.<ref name="pmid22395415">{{cite journal| author=Rebecca VW, Sondak VK, Smalley KS| title=A brief history of melanoma: from mummies to mutations. | journal=Melanoma Res | year= 2012 | volume= 22 | issue= 2 | pages= 114-22 | pmid=22395415 | doi=10.1097/CMR.0b013e328351fa4d | pmc=PMC3303163 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22395415  }} </ref>
The French physician [[René Laennec]] was the first to describe melanoma as a disease entity. His report was initially presented during a lecture for the Faculté de Médecine de Paris in 1804 and then published as a bulletin in 1806.<!--
*In 1956, Henry Lancaster, an Australian [[mathematician]], was the first to discover the association between [[Ultraviolet|UV radiation]] exposure and development of [[melanoma]].<ref name="pmid22395415">{{cite journal| author=Rebecca VW, Sondak VK, Smalley KS| title=A brief history of melanoma: from mummies to mutations. | journal=Melanoma Res | year= 2012 | volume= 22 | issue= 2 | pages= 114-22 | pmid=22395415 | doi=10.1097/CMR.0b013e328351fa4d | pmc=PMC3303163 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22395415  }} </ref><ref name="pmid13347440">{{cite journal| author=LANCASTER HO| title=Some geographical aspects of the mortality from melanoma in Europeans. | journal=Med J Aust | year= 1956 | volume= 43 | issue= 26 | pages= 1082-7 | pmid=13347440 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=13347440  }} </ref>
  --><ref name="laennec">{{cite journal | author = Laennec RTH | year = 1806 | title = Sur les melanoses. | journal = Bulletin de la Faculte de Medecine de Paris | volume = 1 | pages = 24-26}}</ref>
*In 1970, Alexander Breslow evaluated factors that alter the [[prognosis]] of [[melanoma]], including [[tumor]] size, depth of [[Invasive (medical)|invasion]], and [[tumor]] thickness. The total vertical depth was later referred to as [[Breslow's depth]].
The first English language report of melanoma was presented by an English general practitioner from Stourbridge, William Norris in 1820.<ref name="norris1"> Norris, W. ''A case of fungoid disease.'', Edinb. Med. Surg. 1820, 16: 562-565.</ref> In his later work in 1857 he remarked that there is a familial predisposition for development of melanoma (''Eight Cases of Melanosis with Pathological and Therapeutical Remarks on That Disease'').
*In 2003, ''[[BRAF]]'' [[Mutation|mutations]] were first identified in the [[pathogenesis]] of [[melanoma]].<ref name="pmid22395415">{{cite journal| author=Rebecca VW, Sondak VK, Smalley KS| title=A brief history of melanoma: from mummies to mutations. | journal=Melanoma Res | year= 2012 | volume= 22 | issue= 2 | pages= 114-22 | pmid=22395415 | doi=10.1097/CMR.0b013e328351fa4d | pmc=PMC3303163 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22395415  }} </ref><ref name="pmid16079850">{{cite journal| author=Michaloglou C, Vredeveld LC, Soengas MS, Denoyelle C, Kuilman T, van der Horst CM et al.| title=BRAFE600-associated senescence-like cell cycle arrest of human naevi. | journal=Nature | year= 2005 | volume= 436 | issue= 7051 | pages= 720-4 | pmid=16079850 | doi=10.1038/nature03890 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16079850  }} </ref><ref name="pmid910211">{{cite journal| author=Breslow A, Macht SD| title=Optimal size of resection margin for thin cutaneous melanoma. | journal=Surg Gynecol Obstet | year= 1977 | volume= 145 | issue= 5 | pages= 691-2 | pmid=910211 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=910211  }} </ref>
 
The first formal acknowledgement of advanced melanoma as untreatable came from Samuel Cooper in 1840. He stated that the '... only chance for benefit depends upon the early removal of the disease ...'<ref name="cooper">{{cite book | last = Cooper | first = Samuel | title = First lines of theory and practice of surgery | publisher = Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman | date = 1840 | location = London}}</ref> More than one and a half centuries later this situation remains largely unchanged.


In 1956, Australian professor Henry Oliver Lancaster discovered that melanomas were directly associated with latitude (ie, intensity of sunlight); and that exposure to the sun was a very high factor in the development of the cancer.
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Overview

Melanoma was first described by Hippocrates in the 5th century BC. It was often described as the fatal black tumor. In 1838, the term melanoma was first proposed by Sir Robert Carswell, a British pathologist. In 1956, Henry Lancaster, an Australian mathematician, was the first to discover the association between UV radiation exposure and development of melanoma. In 2003, BRAF mutations were first identified in the pathogenesis of melanoma.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Karamanou M, Liappas I, Stamboulis E, Lymperi M, Kyriakis K, Androutsos G (2012). "Sir Robert Carswell (1793-1857): coining the term "melanoma"". J BUON. 17 (2): 400–2. PMID 22740229.
  2. Urteaga O, Pack GT (1966). "On the antiquity of melanoma". Cancer. 19 (5): 607–10. PMID 5326247.
  3. Norris W. (1820). "Case of fungoid disease". Edinb Med Surg J. 16: 562–565.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Rebecca VW, Sondak VK, Smalley KS (2012). "A brief history of melanoma: from mummies to mutations". Melanoma Res. 22 (2): 114–22. doi:10.1097/CMR.0b013e328351fa4d. PMC 3303163. PMID 22395415.
  5. LANCASTER HO (1956). "Some geographical aspects of the mortality from melanoma in Europeans". Med J Aust. 43 (26): 1082–7. PMID 13347440.
  6. Michaloglou C, Vredeveld LC, Soengas MS, Denoyelle C, Kuilman T, van der Horst CM; et al. (2005). "BRAFE600-associated senescence-like cell cycle arrest of human naevi". Nature. 436 (7051): 720–4. doi:10.1038/nature03890. PMID 16079850.
  7. Breslow A, Macht SD (1977). "Optimal size of resection margin for thin cutaneous melanoma". Surg Gynecol Obstet. 145 (5): 691–2. PMID 910211.

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