Abstract Introduction Sinonasal melanomas are rare tumors with no comparative survival studies between Europe and the US. Objective To provide a population-based survival analysis between the two continents. Methods The European Cancer Registry (EUROCARE) and the United States Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) databases were queried to identify patients diagnosed with sinonasal melanoma between 2000 and 2007. Relative survival (RS) data were grouped by age, gender, geographic region, extent of disease, and treatment modality. Results A total of 1,294 cases were identified between 2000 and 2007 (935 from EUROCARE-5 and 359 from SEER). Females were most commonly identified in Europe (56.4%) and in the US (54.9%). Patients over the age of 65 years comprised the greatest proportion of patients in Europe (70%) and in the US (71%). By region, Southern Europe had the highest 5-year RS (31.6%, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [21.3–42.5%]), and Eastern Europe the lowest (16.5%, [7.5–28.5%]). The aggregate European 5-year RS was 25.4% [21.8–29.1%] and the U.S. was (29.7%, [23.6–36%]). Conclusions Althoughincreasinginincidence, sinonasal melanomas remain rare. Women were more commonly affected. The most common age group was those older than 65 years, although age did not confer a prognostic value. The most common subsite was the nasalcavity followedbythe maxillarysinus.Five-yearRSwas similar betweencontinents withaninverse relationship between extentofdiseaseand survival. The treatment of choice throughout Europe and the US remains primarily surgical.

Jennifer Butler's study analizes the impact of violence against women and their bodies in armed conflict situations creating awareness about the connections between militarism and sexual exploitation. The purpose of the article is to dispel the myths and examine the realities of the sex industries that develop around U.S. military installations by listening to the perspectives and stories of women who have earned a living selling sex to U.S. servicemen. While prostitution is ubiquitous around military installations in many countries, this article focuses on U.S. military bases in Asia, where the most research and advocacy have been done. It presents excerpts from the recorded interviews of women living around U.S. bases in Korea and Okinawa, Japan. It examines the impact of Subic Naval Base and Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines, which occupied Subic Bay and Pampanga respectively until 1992, spawning the sex industries of Olongapo and Angeles. This article also touches on Thailand as a rest and recreation spot developed for U.S. servicemen during the Vietnam War and still frequented by the U.S. military. By way of conclusion the author emphasizes and promotes solidarity between women to confront sexist violence. Butler considers that women working in militarized prostitution and scholars can together uncover a complex picture of the causes and solutions to militarized prostitution as a part of the sex industry. That complex picture must include a close examination of male dominance and oppression, as well as many factores including race, class, culture, government economic policies, corporate practices, international development policies, social disruption, and military culture.

Este trabajo analiza el impacto y la violencia que se ejerce sobre las mujeres y sus cuerpos en situaciones de conflictos armados, echando luz sobre la conexión que existe entre militarismo y explotación sexual. El propósito del artículo es disipar los mitos y examinar las realidades de las industrias del sexo que se desarrollan alrededor de las instalaciones militares norteamericanas, escuchando las perspectivas e historias de las mujeres que se han ganado la vida vendiendo sexo a los militares norteamericanos. Si bien la prostitución es ubicua alrededor de las instalaciones militares de muchos países, este artículo se concentra en las bases militares norteamericanas de Asia, donde ha sido realizada la mayor cantidad de investigaciones y juicios. Se presentan pasajes de las entrevistas grabadas hechas a mujeres que viven alrededor de las bases militares norteamericanas en Corea y Okinawa (Japón). Se examina el impacto de la Base Naval Subic y de la Base CLARK de la Fuerza Aérea en las Filipinas, que ocuparon la Bahía Subic y Pampanga respectivamente hasta 1992, generando las industrias del sexo de Olongapo y Angeles. Este artículo trata también de Tailandia como punto de descanso y recreación, desarrollado para los militares norteamericanos durante la guerra de Vietnam y frecuentado todavía por el ejército de los Estados Unidos. Como conclusión la autora resalta y promueve la solidaridad entre mujeres para enfrentarse a la violencia sexista. Butler considera que juntas, las mujeres que trabajan en la prostitución militarizada y las estudiosas, pueden descubrir el cuadro complejo de las causas y soluciones a la prostitución militarizada como parte de la industria del sexo. Ese cuadro complejo debería incluir un examen detallado del dominio y opresión masculinos, tanto como muchos factores -tales como la raza, la clase, la cultura, las políticas económicas gubernamentales, las prácticas corporativas, las políticas de desarrollo internacional, la disrupción social y la cultura militar.