News tagged with melanomas
Sight for sore eyes (w/Video)
Jun 10, 2009 |
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In a world-first breakthrough, University of New South Wales (UNSW) medical researchers have used stem cells cultured on a simple contact lens to restore sight to sufferers of blinding corneal disease.
New strategy developed to diagnose melanoma
Mar 30, 2009 |
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A UCSF research team has developed a technique to distinguish benign moles from malignant melanomas by measuring differences in levels of genetic markers. Standard microscopic examinations of biopsied tissue can be ambiguous ...
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.
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Larger skin lesions appear more likely to be melanomas
Apr 21, 2008 |
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Skin lesions larger than 6 millimeters in diameter appear more likely to be melanomas than smaller lesions, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Dermatology. The findings suggest that the diameter guidel ...
Melanomas may appear noticeably different than other moles
Jan 21, 2008 |
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A preliminary study suggests that melanomas have a different appearance than other irregular skin moles (i.e., are “ugly ducklings”), according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives ...
Dermatologist skin examinations detect more, thinner skin cancers than patients identify themselves
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Most melanomas detected in a general-practice dermatology clinic were found by dermatologists during full-body skin examinations of patients who had come to the clinic for different complaints, according to a report in the ...
Survival rates appear lower for scalp and neck melanoma than for other sites
Apr 21, 2008 |
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Individuals with melanoma on their scalp or neck appear less likely to survive for five or 10 years than those with melanoma at other sites, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the ...
Sun exposure early in life linked to specific skin cancer gene mutation
Jun 09, 2007 |
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Skin cancers often contain different gene mutations, but just how these mutations contribute to the cause of melanomas has been a mystery.
Molecular differences between early and advanced melanomas could provide new drug targets
Mar 12, 2007 |
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The cell-signaling molecule Akt is a primary trigger that leads malignant melanomas on the skin's surface to begin growing vertically beneath the skin and turn into deadly invasive cancers, scientists have found. Understanding ...
Survey identifies factors associated with early detection of melanoma in older men
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Older men whose melanoma is detected by a physician are more likely to have thinner and therefore more treatable tumors at diagnosis, according to results of a survey published in the April issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of ...
Melanoma lurks in larger skin lesions, researchers find
Apr 22, 2008 |
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Skin lesions that are about the size of a pencil eraser are more likely to be melanomas, a deadly form of skin cancer, than smaller moles, according to a new study led by NYU Langone Medical Center researchers.
Report describes first targeted therapy to produce remission of metastatic melanoma
Apr 18, 2008 |
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In a demonstration that even some of the most hard-to-treat tumors may one day succumb to therapies aimed at molecular "weak points," researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report the first instance in which metastatic ...
Fish cancer gene linked to pigment pattern that attracts mates
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Aug 18, 2008 |
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Though skin cancer is deadly to male fish, it also has one perk: The black melanoma splotches arise from attractive natural markings that lure female mates. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
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