Melanoma Research is a well established international forum for the dissemination of new findings relating to melanoma. The aim of the Journal is to promote the level of informational exchange between those engaged in the field. Melanoma Researchaims to encourage an informed and balanced view of experimental and clinical research and extend and stimulate communication and exchange of knowledge between investigators with differing areas of expertise. This will foster the development of translational research. The reporting of new clinical results and the effect and toxicity of new therapeutic agents and immunotherapy will be given emphasis by rapid publication of Short Communications. Thus, Melanoma Research seeks to present a coherent and up-to-date account of all aspects of investigations pertinent to melanoma. Consequently the scope of the Journal is broad, embracing the entire range of studies from fundamental and applied research in such subject areas as genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, photobiology, pathology, immunology, and advances in clinical oncology influencing the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of melanoma.
Submitted articles undergo a preliminary review by the editor. Some articles may be returned to authors without further consideration. Those being considered for publication will undergo further assessment and peer-review by the editors and those invited to do so from a reviewer pool. 

Executive Editors
Ferdy J. Lejeune
Editor for Clinical Research
Professor Emeritus of Oncology
Lausanne University
Faculty of Biology and Medicine 
Chemin du Levant 98
CH-1005, Lausanne
Switzerland
Phone: +41-76 3261806
ferdinand.lejeune@unil.ch	W.J. Storkus 
Editor for Basic Research
Professor of Dermatology and Immunology
W1041.2 Biomedical Sciences Tower
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Phone: +1 412-648-9981
Fax: +1 412-383-5857
storkuswj@upmc.edu

Associate Editor
C.M. Balch 
Baltimore, MD, USA 
A. Cochran
Los Angeles, CA, USA

A.M.M. Eggermont 
Paris, France

S. Ferrone 
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

I.J. Fidler 
Houston, TX, USA

P.B. Fisher
Richmond, VA, USA
M. Gore
London, UK	M. Herlyn 
Philadelphia, PA, USA
K. Jimbow 
Sapporo, Japan

L.A. Liotta 
Manassas, VA, USA

G. Parmiani 
Milan, Italy

S. Pavel
Leiden, Netherlands

J. Pawelek
New Haven, CT, USA
J.F. Thompson
Camperdown, NSW, Australia

Editorial Advisory Board
A.C.J. van Akkooi
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
P Autier
Lyon, France 
M.-F. Avril 
Paris, France

J.L. Bramson 
Hamilton, ON, Canada

E.-B. Bröcker 
Würzburg, Germany

F. Di Filippo
Rome, Italy

I. Davis
Box Hill, Australia

J.-F. Doré 
Lyon, France

R. Dummer 
Zurich, Switzerland

J.M. Elwood 
Melbourne, Australia

V. Englehard
Charlottesville, VA, USA

C. Garbe
Tubingen, Germany

S.M. Gollin
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

J.-J. Grob
Marseille, France

J. Guo
Beijing, China

J.W. Harbour
St Louis, MO, USA

P. Hersey 
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

A. Houghton 
New York, NY, USA

M. Ichihashi 
Kobe, Japan

J.W. Kelly 
Melbourne, Australia

D. Khayat 
Paris, France

J.M. Kirkwood
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

C. Le Poole
Maywood, IL, USA
G. Li 
Vancouver, BC, Canada

G.V. Long 
Sydney, Australia

G. McArthur 
Melbourne, Australia

F.L. Meyskens 
Los Angeles, CA, USA

M.C. Mihm 
Boston, MA, USA

J Newton Bishop
Leeds, UK

H. Pehamberger 
Vienna, Austria

T. Petrella 
Toronto, ON, Canada

C. Robert
Villejuif, France

C.R. Rossi
Padova, Italy

R. Scolyer
Sydney, Australia

K.S. Smalley
Tampa, FL, USA

A. Sober
Boston, NA, USA

A. Spatz
Montreal, Canada

H. Tahara
Tokyo, Japan

A. Taieb
Bordeaux, France

K. Thielemans
Brussels, Belgium

A. Testori
Milan, Italy

V.A. Tron
Kingston, ON. Canada

B. Van Den Eynde
Brussels, Belgium