Skin Cancer and UV Radiation (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Skin Cancer and UV Radiation in History of Medicine.- Sun and Men: An Ambivalent Relationship in the History of Medicine.- History of Therapeutic UV Radiation.- History of Skin Cancer.- UV Radiation and the Environment.- Basic Physical Aspects of Environmental UV Radiation.- UV Prognosis and UV Index Services in Europe.- Ozone Holes and UV Radiation: Ecological Consequences for Plants.- Public On-Line Information on Solar UV Irradiance Based on Spectrometric Measurements in a Sea Resort.- UV-Expert: A Spectroradiometric System for Individual UV Dosimetry.- Effects of UV Radiation on Human Skin.- MolecularBasics.- Basic Aspects of Collagen Metabolism.- Sunburn and Apoptosis.- Dermal Elimination of Apoptotic and Vital Melanocytes After UVA1 Radiation.- Importance of Calcium-Magnesium Antagonism and Thiols for Diminution of UVA1-Induced Cell Damage.- Molecular Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Photoaging and Tumor Progression.- How Much Sun Do We Need To Produce Vitamin D?.- UV Radiation and Urocanic Acid.- Activation of Human Endogenous Retroviral Sequences by UVB.- Melanins,Pigmentation and Erythema.- Melanins and Related Metabolites in Skin Photoprotection.- Physiology of Skin Pigmentation: Recent Results.- Time Course of UV Erythema.- Measurement of Constitutive Skin Phototypes.- Photoprotection by Total Melanin Content and Pigment Phenotype (Eumelanin, Pheomelanin) in Human Melanoma Cell Lines.- Melatonin: Multiple Functions in Signaling and Protection.- Principles of Phototesting and Photopatch Testing.- Optics of Human Skin: UV Effects Investigated with Dye Lasers.- Quantitative Evaluation of the UV Reaction at 325 nm with a Two-Dimensional Laser Doppler Perfusion Imager.- Immunology.- UV Radiation and Cytokines.- Effect of UV Light on the Production of Proopiomelanocortin-Derived Peptides and Melanocortin Receptors in the Skin.- Cytokines, Cytokine Receptors and Cytokine Antibodies: Clinical Implications.- Mexoryl SX Protects Against Photoimmunosuppression.- UV Protection: Sunscreens and other UV Protective Measures.- The Evolution of Recent Sunscreen.- Sunscreens in Europe: Recent Developments.- UV Protection by Sunscreens.- Photostable Suncare Products: Major Progress in Sun Protection.- Evaluation of Sunscreens.- Regulations on Sunscreens.- Use and Misuse of Sunscreens.- Sunscreens in Melanoma Protection - Pros and Cons.- Influence of Sunscreen on the Spectral Energy Distribution of Ultraviolet Radiation in Human Skin.- Clothing as Protection Against the Sun.- Developing a United States Sun-Protective Clothing Standard.- New UV Absorbers for Sun Protective Fabrics.- Novel Approaches to Photoprotection.- Betacarotene in the Prevention of Chronic Ultraviolet Damage and Non-melanoma Skin Cancer.- Therapeutic Use of UV Radiation.- Balneophototherapy.- A New Psoralen-Containing Gel for Topical PUVA Therapy: Development and Treatment Results with Palmoplantar and Plaque-Type Psoriasis, Pustulosis Palmaris et Plantaria and Chronic/Hyperkeratotic Eczema.- PUVA, Psoralens and Skin Cancer.- PUVA Bath Therapy: A Therapeutic Alternative to Systemic Photochemotherapy.- Artifical Light Sources for Phototherapy.- Trioxsalen Bath PUVA Does Not Increase the Risk of Squamous Cell Skin Carcinoma: A Joint Analysis of 1124 Swedish and Finnish Patients Followed Up for 10 Years.- Photoaging and Other Side Effects Due to the Long-Term PUVA Therapy.- Evaluation of PUVA Bath Therapy for Sclerosing Dermatoses by in Vivo Measurement of Skin Elasticity Using Cutometer SEM 575.- Kinetics of 8-Methoxypsoralen - Induced Skin Photosensitization in PUVA Bath Photochemotherapy.- 8-Methoxypsoralen Plasma Levels in Patients with Different Dermatoses Following PUVA Bath Photochemotherapy.- A New Treatment Modality of Localized Scleroderma: Low-Dose UVAl Phototherapy.- Influences of UV Radiation in the Therapy of Psoriasis Vulgaris.- Assessment of Actinic Elastosis by 20 MHz Sonography.- Photopheresis as a Therapeutical Alternative for PUVA.- Extracorporea