Publications and Presentations of Data

  1. Non invasive Genomic Detection of Melanoma
    Published by The British Journal of Dermatology (Feb 2011 online, April 2011 print)
    Wachsman W*, Morhenn V, Palmer T, Walls L, Hata T, Zalla J, Scheinberg R, Sofen H, Mraz S, Gross K, Rabinovitz H, Polsky D and Chang S.
    Commentary by James Grichnik, MD, "Stratum Corneum RNA Levels Are Diagnostic for Melanoma," published by The British Journal of Dermatology

  2. Development of a non-invasive genomic-based assay to detect melanoma
    Wachsman W, Walls L, Palmer T and Chang S. (2009) J. Invest Dermatol 129: S141
  3. Development of a multi-gene classifier to determine the risk of melanoma in suspicious pigmented nevi by non-invasive tape stripping
    Wachsman W, Hata T, Walls L, Palmer T, Bastian B, Lu X,Pu M, Messer K, Morhenn V, Rabinovitz H and Chang S. (2008) J. Invest Dermatol 128: S123
  4. Differentiation of melanoma from dysplastic nevi in suspicious pigmented skin lesions by non-invasive tape stripping
    Wachsman W, Zapala M, Udall D, Paik A, Hata T, Walls L, Wong R, Schork N and Chang S. (2007) J. Invest Dermatol 127: S145
  5. An analysis of select pathogenic messages in lesional and non-lesional psoriatic skin using non-invasive tape harvesting. Benson NR, Papenfuss J, Wong R, Motaal A, Tran V, Panko J, Krueger GG. J Invest Dermatol. (2006)126(10):2234-41.
  6. Analysis of RNA recovery and gene expression in the epidermis using non-invasive tape stripping.
    Wong R, Tran V, Talwalker S, Benson NR. J Dermatol Sci. (2006) 44(2):81-92.
  7. Use of RT-PCR and DNA microarrays to characterize RNA recovered by non-invasive tape harvesting of normal and inflamed skin.
    Wong R, Tran V, Morhenn V, Hung SP, Andersen B, Ito E, Wesley Hatfield G, Benson NR. J Invest Dermatol.(2004)123:159-67.
  8. A noninvasive method for quantifying and distinguishing inflammatory skin reactions.
    Morhenn VB, Chang EY, Rheins LA. J Am Acad Dermatol. (1999) 41:687-92.