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Dr John Pyne

Dr John Pyne

Adjunct Associate Professor
Medicine & Health
School of Optometry and Vision Science

Adjunct Associate Professor John Pyne graduated from UNSW with BOptom (Hon 1) then completed a MBBS from the University of Sydney. He was later conferred a Master of Medicine degree (Skin Cancer) from the University of Queensland (UQ).  He then completed his PhD at UQ on the correlations between the dermoscopy and histopathology of basal and squamous cell carcinoma.  Adjunct Associate Professor Pyne is also a Fellow and past President of the Skin Cancer College of Australasia. His main professional focus is on the optical imaging and diagnosis of early skin cancer.
Phone
+61 2 9385 4639
Location
School of Optometry and Vision Science
  • Journal articles | 2022
    Pyne JH; MacDonald S; Beale SM; Myint E; Huang WW; Clark SP; Trang A, 2022, 'The Hunt for Baby Melanomas: A Prospective Study of the Dermoscopy Features on 100 Small Melanoma Cases with in Vivo Surface Diameters up to a Maximum of 6 mm', Dermatology Practical and Conceptual, vol. 12, pp. e2022197 - e2022197, http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.1204a197
    Journal articles | 2020
    Pyne JH; Myint E; Clark SP; Clifopoulos C; Fishburn P; Gorji M; Hou R, 2020, 'Squamous cell carcinoma: pain as a clue to increased tumour diameter, increased invasion depth, the grade of differentiation, acantholysis and perineural invasion', Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, vol. 45, pp. 180 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ced.14066
    Journal articles | 2020
    Pyne JH; Myint E; Clark SP; Gorji M; Hou R, 2020, 'Early Squamous Cell Carcinoma With Perineural Invasion: A Prospective Study Examining Anatomic Site, Tumor Surface Diameter, Invasion Depth, and Grade of Differentiation in 1,772 Consecutive Cases.', Dermatol Pract Concept, vol. 10, pp. e2020059, http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.1003a59
    Journal articles | 2020
    Pyne JH; Myint E; Hou R; Clark SP; Wong C; Gorji M, 2020, 'Basal cell carcinoma with perineural invasion: A prospective study examining subtype, tumor surface diameter, invasion depth, and anatomic site in 3005 consecutive cases', Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, vol. 47, pp. 1033 - 1038, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cup.13808
    Journal articles | 2019
    Croaker A; King GJ; Pyne JH; Anoopkumar-Dukie S; Liu L, 2019, 'Black salve composition: An evaluation of the potential for normal tissue toxicity and treatment failure from black salve products', Journal of Herbal Medicine, vol. 15, pp. 100246 - 100246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hermed.2018.11.002
    Journal articles | 2019
    Pyne JH; Myint E; Clark SP; Barr EM; Hou R, 2019, 'Early invasive squamous cell carcinoma recurrence rates: A study examining surgical margins, tumor surface diameter, invasion depth, and grade of differentiation in 1296 cases over 9 years', Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, vol. 46, pp. 111 - 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cup.13392
    Journal articles | 2019
    Venning VL; Myint E; Pyne J; Clark S, 2019, 'Poorly differentiated cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cell: A rare, aggressive variant', Clinical Case Reports, vol. 7, pp. 340 - 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1955
    Journal articles | 2018
    Croaker A; King GJ; Pyne JH; Anoopkumar-Dukie S; Liu L, 2018, 'Assessing the risk of epidemic dropsy from black salve use.', J Appl Toxicol, vol. 38, pp. 1274 - 1281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jat.3619
    Journal articles | 2018
    Hakemi Y; Pyne J; Muljono A; Myint E, 2018, 'Indolent primary cutaneous CD8 positive T-cell lymphoid proliferations.', Pathology, vol. 50, pp. 575 - 578, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2017.12.345
    Journal articles | 2018
    Moscarella E; Piana S; Specchio F; Kyrgidis A; Nazzaro G; Eliceche ML; Savoia F; Bugatti L; Filosa G; Zalaudek I; Scarfi F; Inskip M; Rosendahl C; Pyne JH; Siggs G; Toğral AK; Cabo H; Drlik L; Lallas A; Longo C; Argenziano G, 2018, 'Dermoscopy features of atypical fibroxanthoma: A multicenter study of the International Dermoscopy Society.', Australas J Dermatol, vol. 59, pp. 309 - 314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajd.12802
    Journal articles | 2018
    Pyne JH; Barr E; Myint E; Clark SP; David M; Na R, 2018, 'Invasive squamous cell carcinoma: comparison of differentiation grade and tumour depth by anatomical site in 1666 tumours', Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, vol. 43, pp. 3 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ced.13222
    Journal articles | 2018
    Pyne JH; Myint E; Barr EM; Clark SP; Hou R, 2018, 'Basal cell carcinoma: variation in invasion depth by subtype, sex, and anatomic site in 4,565 cases.', Dermatol Pract Concept, vol. 8, pp. 314 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0804a13
    Journal articles | 2017
    Croaker A; King GJ; Pyne JH; Anoopkumar-Dukie S; Liu L, 2017, 'A Review of Black Salve: Cancer Specificity, Cure, and Cosmesis.', Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, vol. 2017, pp. 9184034, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9184034
    Journal articles | 2017
    Croaker A; King GJ; Pyne JH; Anoopkumar-Dukie S; Simanek V; Liu L, 2017, 'Carcinogenic potential of sanguinarine, a phytochemical used in 'therapeutic' black salve and mouthwash.', Mutat Res Rev Mutat Res, vol. 774, pp. 46 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mrrev.2017.09.001
    Journal articles | 2017
    Pyne JH; Myint E; Barr EM; Clark SP; David M; Na R, 2017, 'Acantholytic invasive squamous cell carcinoma: tumor diameter, invasion depth, grade of differentiation, surgical margins, perineural invasion, recurrence and death rate', Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, vol. 44, pp. 320 - 327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cup.12869
    Journal articles | 2017
    Pyne JH; Myint E; Barr EM; Clark SP; David M; Na R; Hou R, 2017, 'Superficial basal cell carcinoma: A comparison of superficial only subtype with superficial combined with other subtypes by age, sex and anatomic site in 3150 cases', Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, vol. 44, pp. 677 - 683, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cup.12959
    Journal articles | 2016
    Croaker A; King GJ; Pyne JH; Anoopkumar-Dukie S; Liu L, 2016, 'Sanguinaria canadensis: Traditional Medicine, Phytochemical Composition, Biological Activities and Current Uses.', Int J Mol Sci, vol. 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms17091414
    Journal articles | 2015
    Lallas A; Pyne J; Kyrgidis A; Andreani S; Argenziano G; Cavaller A; Giacomel J; Longo C; Malvestiti A; Moscarella E; Piana S; Specchio F; Hofmann-Wellenhof R; Zalaudek I, 2015, 'The clinical and dermoscopic features of invasive cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma depend on the histopathological grade of differentiation.', Br J Dermatol, vol. 172, pp. 1308 - 1315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjd.13510
    Journal articles | 2015
    Pyne JH; Fishburn P; Dicker A; David M, 2015, 'Infiltrating basal cell carcinoma: a stellate peri-tumor dermatoscopy pattern as a clue to diagnosis.', Dermatol Pract Concept, vol. 5, pp. 21 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0502a02
    Journal articles | 2014
    Pyne JH; Windrum G; Sapkota D; Wong JC, 2014, 'Keratoacanthoma versus invasive squamous cell carcinoma: a comparison of dermatoscopic vascular features in 510 cases.', Dermatol Pract Concept, vol. 4, pp. 37 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0403a06
    Journal articles | 2013
    Pyne J; Sapkota D; Wong JC, 2013, 'Cutaneous horns: clues to invasive squamous cell carcinoma being present in the horn base.', Dermatol Pract Concept, vol. 3, pp. 3 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0302a02
    Journal articles | 2012
    Kittler H, 2012, 'Abstracts from the 3rd World Congress of Dermoscopy, May 17 to 19, 2012, Brisbane Australia', Dermatology Practical & Conceptual, vol. 2, pp. 83 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0202a16
    Journal articles | 2012
    Pyne J; Sapkota D; Wong JC, 2012, 'Aggressive basal cell carcinoma: dermatoscopy vascular features as clues to the diagnosis.', Dermatol Pract Concept, vol. 2, pp. 203a02, http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0203a02
    Journal articles | 2012
    Pyne J; Sapkota D; Wong JC, 2012, 'Squamous cell carcinoma: variation in dermatoscopic vascular features between well and non-well differentiated tumors.', Dermatol Pract Concept, vol. 2, pp. 204a05, http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0204a05