Professor Scott Menzies

Professor of Medicine, Central Clinical School, Discipline of Dermatology & Director, Sydney Melanoma Diagnostic Centre
Dermatology, Central Clinical School
Sydney Melanoma Unit

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Research interests

My main research interests are related to the development of diagnostic instruments for primary melanoma of the skin. These include dermoscopy, sequential digital dermoscopy imaging, in vivo confocal microscopy and non-invasive surface microarray technologies.

Keywords

Melanoma and skin cancer

Publications

2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

2011

   
  • Zalaudek, I., Whiteman, D., Rosendahl, C., Menzies, S., Green, A., Hersey, P., Argenziano, G. (2011), Update on melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer. Annual Skin Cancer Conference 2011, Hamilton Island, Australia, 5?6 August 2011. Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy. 11(12), 1829-1832. [Abstract]
  • Menzies, S., Stevenson, M., Altamura, D., Byth, K. (2011), Variables Predicting Change in Benign Melanocytic Nevi Undergoing Short-term Dermoscopic Imaging. Archives of Dermatology. 147(6), 655-659. [Abstract]
  • Guitera, P., Menzies, S. (2011), State of the art of diagnostic technology for early-stage melanoma. Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy. 11(5), 715-723. [Abstract]
  • Venugopal, S., Soyer, H., Menzies, S. (2011), Results of a nationwide dermoscopy survey investigating the prevalence, advantages and disadvantages of dermoscopy use among Australian dermatologists. Australasian Journal of Dermatology. 52(1), 14-18. [Abstract]
  • Moloney, F., Menzies, S. (2011), Key points in the dermoscopic diagnosis of hypomelanotic melanoma and nodular melanoma. Journal of Dermatology. 38(1), 10-15. [Abstract]
  • Zalaudek, I., Whiteman, D., Rosendahl, C., Menzies, S., Green, A., Hersch, F., Argenziano, G. (2011), Update on melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer. Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy. 11(12), 1829-1832.

2010

   
  • Wang, H., Chen, X., Moss, R., Stanley, R., Stoecker, W., Celebi, M., Szalapski, T., Malters, J., Grichnik, J., Marghoob, A., Rabinovitz, H., Menzies, S. (2010), Watershed segmentation of dermoscopy images using a watershed technique. Skin Research and Technology. 16(3), 378-384. [Abstract]
  • Guitera, P., Pellacani, G., Crotty, K., Scolyer, R., Li, L., Bassoli, S., Vinceti, M., Rabinovitz, H., Longo, C., Menzies, S. (2010), The Impact of In Vivo Reflectance Confocal Microscopy on the Diagnostic Accuracy of Lentigo Maligna and Equivocal Pigmented and Nonpigmented Macules of the Face. The Journal of investigative dermatology. 130(8), 2080-91. [Abstract]
  • Pizzichetta, M., Canzonieri, V., Massarut, S., Baresic, T., Borsatti, E., Menzies, S. (2010), Pitfalls in the dermoscopic diagnosis of amelanotic melanoma. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. , 893-894. [Abstract]
  • Guitera, P., Li, L., Scolyer, R., Menzies, S. (2010), Morphologic features of melanophages under in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy. Archives of Dermatology. 146(5), 492-498. [Abstract]
  • Zalaudek, I., Kittler, H., Blum, A., Hofmann-Wellenhof, R., Marghoob, A., Malvehy, J., Menzies, S., Puig, S., Soyer, P., Stolz, W., Argenziano, G. (2010), Who benefits from prophylactic surgical removal of "dysplastic" nevi?. Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft. , 279-280. [Abstract]
  • Argenziano, G., Kittler, H., Ferrara, G., Rubegni, P., Malvehy, J., Puig, S., Cowell, L., Stanganelli, I., De Giorgi, V., Thomas, L., Bahadoran, P., Menzies, S., Piccolo, D., Marghoob, A., Zalaudek, I. (2010), Slow-growing melanoma: a dermoscopy follow-up study. British Journal of Dermatology. 162(2), 267-273. [Abstract]
  • Altamura, D., Menzies, S., Argenziano, G., Zalaudek, I., Soyer, H., Sera, F., Avramidis, M., DeAmbrosis, K., Fargnoli, M., Peris, K. (2010), Dermatoscopy of basal cell carcinoma: morphologic variability of global and local features and accuracy of diagnosis. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 62(1), 67-75. [Abstract]

2009

   
  • Menzies, S., Emery, J., Staples, M., Davies, S., McAvoy, B., Fletcher, J., Shahid, K., Reid, G., Avramidis, M., Ward, A., Burton, R., Elwood, J. (2009), Impact of dermoscopy and short-term sequential digital dermoscopy imaging for the management of pigmented lesions in primary care: a sequential intervention trial. The British journal of dermatology. 161(6), 1270-7. [Abstract]
  • Pellacani, G., Vinceti, M., Bassoli, S., Braun, R., Gonzalez, S., Guitera, P., Longo, C., Marghoob, A., Menzies, S., Puig, S., Scope, A., Seidenari, S., Malvehy, J. (2009), Reflectance confocal microscopy and features of melanocytic lesions: an internet-based study of the reproducibility of terminology. Archives of Dermatology. 145(10), 1137-1143. [Abstract]
  • Pellacani, G., Longo, C., Ferrara, G., Cesinaro, A., Bassoli, S., Guitera, P., Menzies, S., Seidenari, S. (2009), Spitz nevi: In vivo confocal microscopic features, dermatoscopic aspects, histopathologic correlates, and diagnostic significance. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 60(2), 236-247. [Abstract]
  • Guitera, P., Pellacani, G., Longo, C., Seidenari, S., Avramidis, M., Menzies, S. (2009), In Vivo Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Enhances Secondary Evaluation of Melanocytic Lesions. The Journal of investigative dermatology. 129(0), 131-8. [Abstract]
  • Menzies, S., Crotty, K., Ingvar, C., McCarthy, W. (2009), Dermoscopy: An Atlas, 3rd Ed. United States: McGraw-Hill.
  • Menzies, S., Tsao, H., Sober, A. (2009), Acquired precursor lesions and phenotypic markers of increased risk for cutaneous melanoma. In: Cutaneous Melanoma. (pp.145-160).United States: Quality Medical.

2008

   
  • Arevalo, A., Altamura, D., Avramidis, M., Blum, A., Menzies, S. (2008), The Significance of Eccentric and Central Hyperpigmentation, Multifocal Hyper/hypopigmentation, and the Multicomponent Pattern in Melanocytic Lesions Lacking Specific Dermoscopic Features of Melanoma. Archives of Dermatology. 144(11), 1440-1444. [Abstract]
  • Segura, S., Pellacani, G., Puig, S., Longo, C., Bassoli, S., Guitera, P., Palou, J., Menzies, S., Seidenari, S., Malvehy, J. (2008), In vivo microscopic features of nodular melanomas: dermoscopy, confocal microscopy, and histopathologic correlates. Archives of dermatology. 144(10), 1311-20. [Abstract]
  • Vestergaard, M., Macaskill, P., Holt, P., Menzies, S. (2008), Dermoscopy compared with naked eye examination for the diagnosis of primary melanoma: a meta-analysis of studies performed in a clinical setting. The British journal of dermatology. 159(3), 669-76. [Abstract]
  • Menzies, S., Kreusch, J., Byth, K., Pizzichetta, M., Marghoob, A., Braun, R., Malvehy, J., Puig, S., Argenziano, G., Zalaudek, I., Rabinovitz, H., Oliviero, M., Cabo, H., Ahlgrimm-Siess, V., Avramidis, M., Guitera, P., Soyer, H., Ghigliotti, G., Tanaka, M., Perusquia, A., Pagnanelli, G., Bono, R., Thomas, L., Pellacani, G., Langford, D., Piccolo, D., Terstappen, K., Stanganelli, I., Llambrich, A., Johr, R. (2008), Dermoscopic evaluation of amelanotic and hypomelanotic melanoma. Archives of Dermatology. 144(9), 1120-1127. [Abstract]
  • Guitera, P., Li, L., Crotty, K., Fitzgerald, P., Mellenbergh, R., Pellacani, G., Menzies, S. (2008), Melanoma histological Breslow thickness predicted by 75-MHz ultrasonography. The British journal of dermatology. 159(2), 364-9. [Abstract]
  • Celebi, M., Kingravi, H., Iyatomi, H., Aslandogan, Y., Stoecker, W., Moss, R., Malters, J., Grichnik, J., Marghoob, A., Rabinovitz, H., Menzies, S. (2008), Border detection in dermoscopy images using statistical region merging. Skin Research and Technology. 14(3), 347-353. [Abstract]
  • Altamura, D., Avramidis, M., Menzies, S. (2008), Assessment of the optimal interval for and sensitivity of short-term sequential digital dermoscopy monitoring for the diagnosis of melanoma. Archives of Dermatology. 144(4), 502-506. [Abstract]
  • Vestergaard, M., Menzies, S. (2008), Automated diagnostic instruments for cutaneous melanoma. Seminars in cutaneous medicine and surgery. 27(1), 32-36. [Abstract]
  • Menzies, S. (2008), Melanoma amelanotico. In: Dermatoscopia. (pp.228-236).Argentina: Ediciones Journal.
  • Menzies, S. (2008), Regla de los once puntos (metodo de Menzies). In: Dermatoscopia. (pp.309-328).Argentina: Ediciones Journal.
  • Menzies, S. (2008), Is sun exposure a major cause of melanoma? Yes. British Medical Journal. 337(764), 204-205. [Abstract]
  • Lieb, J., Scope, A., Braun, R., Menzies, S., Marghoob, A. (2008), Patrones vasculares. In: Dermatoscopia. (pp.39-62).Argentina: Ediciones Journal.
  • Hersey, P., Halliday, G., Farrelly, M., DeSilva, C., Lett, M., Menzies, S. (2008), Phase I/II study of treatment with matured dendritic cells with or without low dose IL-2 in patients with disseminated melanoma. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 57(7), 1039-1051. [Abstract]

2007

   
  • Pellacani, G., Guitera, P., Longo, C., Avramidis, M., Seidenari, S., Menzies, S. (2007), The impact of in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy for the diagnostic accuracy of melanoma and equivocal melanocytic lesions. The Journal of investigative dermatology. 127(12), 2759-2765. [Abstract]
  • Menzies, S. (2007), Pigmented basal cell carcinoma. In: Color Atlas of Melanocytic Lesions of the Skin. (pp.279-285).Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
  • Bowling, J., Argenziano, G., Azenha, A., Bandic, J., Bergman, R., Blum, A., Cabo, H., Di Stephani, A., Grichnik, J., Halpern, A., Hofman-Wellenhof, R., Johr, R., Kittler, H., Kopf, A., Kreusch, J., Langford, D., Malvehy, J., Marghoob, A., Menzies, S., Ozdemir, F., Peris, K., Piccolo, D., Pizzichetta, M., Polsky, D., Puig, S., Rabinovitz, H., Rubegni, P., Saida, T., Scalvenzi, M., Seidenari, S., Soyer, H., Tanaka, M., Zalaudek, I., Braun, R. (2007), Dermoscopy key points: recommendations from the international dermoscopy society. Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland). 214, 3-5. [Abstract]
  • Blum, A., Ingvar, C., Avramidis, M., von Kannen, A., Menzies, S., Olsson, H., Rezze, G., Wennberg, A., Westerhoff, K. (2007), Time to diagnosis of melanoma: same trend in different continents. Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery. 11(4), 137-144. [Abstract]

2006

   
  • Menzies, S. (2006), Technologies for the diagnosis of primary melanoma of the skin. The Medical journal of Australia. 185(10), 533-534. [Abstract]
  • Menzies, S., Zalaudek, I. (2006), Why perform dermoscopy? The evidence for its role in the routine management of pigmented skin lesions. Archives of Dermatology. 142(9), 1211-1212. [Abstract]
  • Kittler, H., Guitera, P., Riedl, E., Avramidis, M., Teban, L., Fiebiger, M., Weger, R., Dawid, M., Menzies, S. (2006), Identification of clinically featureless incipient melanoma using sequential dermoscopy imaging. Archives of Dermatology. 142(9), 1113-1119. [Abstract]
  • Zalaudek, I., Argenziano, G., Soyer, H., Corona, R., Sera, F., Blum, A., Braun, R., Cabo, H., Ferrara, G., Kopf, A., Langford, D., Menzies, S., Pellacani, G., Peris, K., Seidenari, S. (2006), Three-point checklist of dermoscopy: an open internet study. The British journal of dermatology. 154(3), 431-7. [Abstract]
  • Ishri, R., Menzies, S., Halliday, G. (2006), Verapamil induces upregulation of P-glycoprotein expression on human monocyte derived dendritic cells. Immunological investigations. 35(1), 1-18. [Abstract]
  • Menzies, S. (2006), Cutaneous melanoma: making a clinical diagnosis, present and future. Dermatologic therapy. 19(1), 32-9. [Abstract]