Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 59, Issue 5 , Pages 814-821, November 2008

Sampling of melanocytic nevi for research purposes: A prospective, pilot study to determine effect on diagnosis

  • Scott R. Florell, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Melanoma Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Department of Dermatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Scott R. Florell, MD, Department of Dermatology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, 4B454 SOM, Salt Lake City, UT 84132.
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  • Bruce R. Smoller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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  • Kenneth M. Boucher, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • ,
  • Douglas Grossman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Melanoma Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Department of Dermatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Department of Oncological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Ronald M. Harris, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • The Melanoma Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Department of Dermatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Glen M. Bowen, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Melanoma Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Department of Dermatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • ,
  • Sancy A. Leachman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Melanoma Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Department of Dermatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

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 Supported by grants from The Skin Cancer Foundation (to S. R. F.), the Dermatology Foundation Leaders Society Dermatologist Investigator Research Fellowship and Clinical Career Development Award (to S. R. F.); National Institutes of Health grants K23 RR17525-01 (to S. R. F.) and R01 AR50102 (to D. G.), Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (to S. A. L.), Fellowship-To-Faculty Transition Award from the University of Utah funded in part by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (to S. A. L.), The Huntsman Cancer Foundation (to S. A. L., D. G.), the Tom C. Mathews Jr. Familial Melanoma Research Endowment, Huntsman General Clinical Research Center Public Health Service grant (MO1 RR00064), National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Center Support grants 5P30CA420-14, and the Utah Cancer Registry, funded by Contract # N01-PC-35141 from the NCI with additional support from the Utah Department of Health and the University of Utah.

 Conflicts of interest: None declared.

PII: S0190-9622(08)00911-0

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2008.07.020

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 59, Issue 5 , Pages 814-821, November 2008

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