Publications by authors named "E M Jaspars"

Primary cutaneous neuroendocrine tumors (CNET) are extremely rare. Only a few cases have been reported so far. CNET have an indolent clinical course and usually present as a single flesh-colored nodule with a predilection for the scalp and trunk in elderly patients.

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The infiltration of tissue-resident memory (TRM) cells in melanoma correlates with improved survival, suggesting an important role for TRM cells in immunity against melanoma. However, little is known about the presence of TRM cells in nonmalignant and premalignant melanocytic lesions. This study aimed to evaluate the presence of TRM cells in human skin melanocytic lesions, representing the spectrum from healthy skin to metastatic melanoma.

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic reduced the number of skin cancer diagnoses, potentially causing a progression to unfavourable tumour stages.

Objectives: To identify the impact of delayed diagnostics on primary invasive melanoma and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) by comparing tumour (pT) stage, Breslow thickness and invasion depth from before to after the first and second lockdown periods.

Methods: In this population-based cohort study, histopathology reports registered between 1 January 2018 and 22 July 2021 were obtained from the nationwide histopathology registry in the Netherlands.

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