Melanocortin receptors and cancers

This post is looking at the relationship of the liver, thyroid, hypothalamus , flaviviruses and melanocortin receptors.

Hepatitis C
West nile
Yellow fever
chikungunya virus
dengue virus

Hypothalamus, thyroid, pituitary and melanocortin receptors
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16310285

The Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal system also controls the liver
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22061427

Jimmy carter had melanoma on his liver
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/20/health/carter-melanoma-treatment/

melanoma of the liver is not uncommon
https://www.facs.org/media/press%20releases/jacs/metastatic0614

Men with prostate cancer have increased rate of melanoma
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/813922

Prostate cancer metastasis to thyroid
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17679467

melanoma to thyroid
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19172560

Here is the co-carcinogenesis and prostate cancer post
http://angelabiggs.blogspot.com/2015/09/co-carcinogenesis-hypothesis-and.html

autoimmune thyroid and hepatitis C
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3659909/

High prevelence of hypothyroidism in male melanoma patients
http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3rn7k0d8

Hypothalamus tumor and blindness
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-hypothalamic-tumor.htm

westnile and blindness....eye or brain infection?
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/effects-of-west-nile-virus-on-vision.259316/

eye infection....melanocortin receptors are in the eye