News tagged with malignant melanoma
Quarter of a million children in England at risk of skin cancer from sunbeds
Nov 12, 2009 |
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An estimated quarter of a million 11-17 year olds in England are being put at increased risk of developing malignant melanoma by using sunbeds, warn researchers in a letter to this week's BMJ.
A potential new imaging agent for early diagnosis of most serious skin cancer
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Scientists in Australia are reporting development and testing in laboratory animals of a potential new material for diagnosing malignant melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer. Their study is scheduled ...
New drug shows promise in the fight against malignant melanoma
Sep 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Gavin Robertson is not a man who uses the word ‘hate’ lightly, but he makes no secret of his desire to slay the dragon that is malignant melanoma.
Trial of new treatment for advanced melanoma shows rapid shrinking of tumors
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Berlin, Germany: Researchers have made significant advances in the treatment of metastatic malignant melanoma - one of the most difficult cancers to treat successfully once it has started to spread - according to a study ...
Melanosome dynamics and sensitivity of melanoma cells to chemotherapy
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Manipulating the functions of melanosomes--the organelles in pigment-producing cells--may enhance the activity of anticancer drugs used against melanoma, according to a new study published online August 24 in the Journal of ...
Team identifies a molecular switch linking infectious disease and depression
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Illinois report that IDO, an enzyme found throughout the body and long suspected of playing a role in depression, is in fact essential to the onset of depressive symptoms sparked ...
Melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, is rising rapidly in the United States
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, has increased rapidly in the United States in recent years, a new study reveals. Some experts have argued that the rising rates are merely a result of expanded screening, which ...
Beach vacations may increase future skin cancer risk in children
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Vacationing at the shore led to a 5 percent increase in nevi (more commonly called "moles") among 7-year-old children, according to a paper published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of the Am ...
As rates rise, researchers find better way to identify melanoma
Jul 17, 2008 |
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University of Rochester Medical Center researchers found a new protein produced excessively in malignant melanoma, a discovery that is particularly relevant as skin cancer rates climb dramatically among young women.
