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Thursday May 17, 2012
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- Melanoma - Gene Research Should Pave Way To Targeted Treatment - MNT Melanoma (Thursday, 26 April) - A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), reveals that elevated expression of a gene in the deadly skin cancer melanoma can raise the mortality risk from the tumor, making it a potentially new target for treating melanomas that express high levels of this gene......
- Surgical Procedures For Skin Cancer Via Medicare Examined - MNT Melanoma (Thursday, 19 April) - According to an evaluation of Medicare beneficiaries, there has been a significant increase in surgical treatment for nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC), from 2001 until 2006. The study, published in the April issue of Archives of Dermatology, states that the increase is primarily due to a doubling in the rate of...
- Caffeine, Exercise May Cut Skin Cancer Risk - MNT Melanoma (Thursday, 5 April) - A new study of mice reported at a meeting in Chicago this week, suggests caffeine and exercise may cut the risk of developing skin cancers caused by exposure to the sun......
- Second Mutation In BRAF-Mutated Melanoma Doesn't Contribute To Resistance - MNT Melanoma (Wednesday, 4 April) - A second mutation found in the tumors of patients with BRAF-mutated metastatic melanoma does not contribute to resistance to BRAF inhibitor drugs, a finding that runs counter to what scientists expected to be true......
- Indoor Tanning Bed Use, Childhood Sunburns May Be Responsible For Dramatic Rise In Skin Cancer In Young Adults - MNT Melanoma (Wednesday, 4 April) - Even as the rates of some cancers are falling, Mayo Clinic is seeing an alarming trend: the dramatic rise of skin cancer, especially among people under 40. According to a study by Mayo Clinic researchers published in the April issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, the incidence of melanoma has escalated,...
- In Vivo Inflammation And Metastasis Visualized In Genetically Modified Mice - MNT Melanoma (Tuesday, 3 April) - One of the major routes of tumor cell dissemination to form metastasis at distant organs in the body is the lymphatic system......
- Alarming Rise In Skin Cancer Rates - MNT Melanoma (Tuesday, 3 April) - Science and better living habits are starting to conquer some types of cancers, but skin cancer seems to be becoming rather prevalent. Mayo Clinic researchers published their study in the April issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, showing that the incidence of melanoma has escalated dramatically, especially amongst young women. Lead...
- Intralesional PV-10 Treatment Shows Promise For Some Melanoma Patients - MNT Melanoma (Friday, 30 March) - At the 2012 Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Provectus Pharmaceuticals Inc. presented non-clinical information on PV-10s immunologic mechanism, which confirms that the drug's chemoablation of melanoma lesions results in a systemic response and initiates systemic anti-tumor immunity......
- Ipilimumab May Slow Brain Tumors In Melanoma Metastases - MNT Melanoma (Thursday, 29 March) - Results of a phase II trial reveal that ipilimumab, a drug belonging to a new class of immune-based therapies which alter the way the immune system fights cancer, may help shrink some tumors and may slow progression of secondary tumors in the brain (metastases) in some patients with advanced melanoma....
- Future Skin Cancer Risk Revealed By UV Photographs Of 12-Year-olds - MNT Melanoma (Thursday, 29 March) - Look at a middle school assembly - during their lifetime one in 50 of these kids will develop melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer that kills 48,000 people every year, worldwide......
