Cancers of the Skin

1 Prevention.- Public Education in Skin Cancer World-Wide.- UV Protection and Skin Cancer.- 2 UV Protection by Clothes.- Role of Clothes in Sun Protection.- Sun Protective Clothing: 5 Years of Experience in Australia.- European Standards for Protective Apparel Against UV Radiation.- American Standards for UV-Protective Textiles.- Activities of CIE DIV-6 (Photobiology and Photochemistry) in UV Protection and Clothing.- Comparison of Methods: Determination of UV Protection of Clothing.- Improving UV Protection by Clothing - Recent Developments.- Dress up for Sun Protection/Creation of Public Awareness.- 3 Melanoma Pathogenesis.- The Precursors of Malignant Melanoma.- Interferon-a Sensitivity in Melanoma Cells: Detection of Potential Response Marker Genes.- Molecular Cytogenetics as a Diagnostic Tool for Typing Melanocytic Tumors.- Loss of Heterozygosity and Microsatellite Instability in Acquired Melanocytic Nevi: Towards a Molecular Definition of the Dysplastic Nevus.- Epidemiology.- The Changing Incidence and Mortality of Melanoma in Australia.- Diagnostic.- Why Is Epiluminescence Microscopy Important?.- Sentinel Node Biopsy: Not Only a Staging Tool?.- Therapy.- The Impact of Surgery on the Course of Melanoma.- Perspectives of Pegylated Interferon Use in Dermatological Oncology.- Dendritic Cell Vaccination for the Treatment of Skin Cancer.- Gene-based Immunotherapy of Skin Cancers.- Cytokine-Fusion-Protein-Treatment.- Cytotoxic T-cell Induction in Metastatic Melanoma Patients Undergoing Recombinant Vaccinia Virus-based Immuno-gene Therapy.- Follow-up.- A Rational Approach to the Follow-up of Melanoma Patients.- 4 Epithelial Skin Tumors Therapy.- Micrographic Surgery of Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Head.- Repair of Cutaneous Defects After Skin Cancer Surgery.- Radiotherapy of Skin Tumors.- Photodynamic Therapy and Fluorescence Diagnosis of Skin Cancers..- Intralesional Interferon in Basal Cell Carcinoma: How Does It Work?.- Epithelial Malignancies in Organ Transplant