Posts by: Anna Tan, RN

Anna Tan, RN

Anna is responsible for the scripting and production of video news content. Her skills as a registered nurse as well as a proven video content creator on YouTube and other social media platforms allow her to create video news reports that are engaging and easy to understand for patients.

November 5, 2015November 5, 2015

IMLYGIC, an Unresectable Melanoma Treatment, Gets Positive CHMP Opinion

News

Amgen announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), under the European Medicines Agency (EMA), has given a positive recommendation for IMLYGIC (talimogene laherparepvec) as a treatment for adult ... Read more

October 13, 2015October 13, 2015

Opdivo/ Yervoy Regimen Receives FDA Approval for BRAF V600 Wild-Type Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma

News

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced it has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the combination of Opdivo (nivolumab) and Yervoy (ipilimumab) in the treatment of patients diagnosed with BRAF V600 wild-type unresectable or metastatic melanoma ... Read more

September 24, 2015September 24, 2015

NICE Approves Keytruda for Melanoma

News

Melanoma patients in England who have ceased responding to standard-of-care treatments can soon avail of a new immunotherapy drug that works by “unmasking” cancer cells and reprogramming the body’s immune system ... Read more

September 10, 2015September 15, 2015

EMA Accepts Immunocore’s IMCgp100 for Adaptive Pathway Pilot Program In Melanoma

News

Immunocore Limited, one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies with a highly innovative immuno-oncology platform technology called ImmTACs, has just announced its lead product candidate, IMCgp100, has been accepted by the European Medicines ... Read more

September 1, 2015September 14, 2015

SciBase US Reader Study for Nevisense Arrives at Positive Results, Improves Melanoma Diagnoses Accuracy

News

SciBase AB, a Swedish medical technology company headquartered in Stockholm, has recently announced the results of its US Reader Study. According to SciBase, the addition of Nevisense, which uses Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy ... Read more

August 24, 2015August 25, 2015

Radio Host and Research Center Founder Sharon Kleyne Reports on Dangers of Malignant Melanoma, Sun Exposure and Dehydration

News

With summers coming in earlier and lasting longer, and the sun’s UV rays growing all the more harsh in several parts of America, Sharon Kleyne, host of the Sharon Kleyne Hour Power ... Read more

August 21, 2015August 21, 2015

Having Fewer Moles Could Correlate To Worse Melanoma Diagnosis

News

When it comes to predicting risk for skin cancer, many of us, including physicians, believe having more than 50 moles puts one at a much higher risk of developing melanoma. ... Read more

July 10, 2015July 10, 2015

Caladrius Biosciences Doses First Patient in Phase III Cell Therapy Trial for Melanoma

News

New York-based Caladrius Biosciences, Inc., a company at the forefront of cell therapy, has recently announced the dosing of the first patient in its Intus Phase III clinical trial. This study intends to ... Read more

December 29, 2014December 29, 2014

Moderate Sun Exposure Boosts Vitamin D, Not Skin Cancer Risk, Experts Say

News

Nonprofit public health research organization, GrassrootsHealth (GRH), recently released a video featuring some of the most prominent experts on vitamin D, and their professional opinions and recommendations about “The Sunshine ... Read more

December 23, 2014December 23, 2014

IBM Developing Intelligent Skin Lesion Analysis Diagnostic Technology

News

Multinational technology and consulting corporation, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), has partnered with Memorial Sloan Kettering to explore the potential application of cognitive computing in examining images of skin lesions, in the hope ... Read more

November 7, 2014November 7, 2014

University of Pittsburgh to Open Multiple Melanoma Tissue Banks

News

Human tissue sample banks have been an integral source of research material in the ongoing mission to find better treatments for today’s diseases. These banks house a myriad of samples ... Read more

September 19, 2014September 19, 2014

12.1 Million NCI Grant Awarded For Melanoma Research at Wistar Institute

Melanoma

Melanoma research has been gaining a lot of momentum through a number of recent US FDA approvals and Orphan Drug Designations for highly promising, novel treatments for this fatal type ... Read more

September 17, 2014September 17, 2014

Breakthrough Advanced Melanoma Treatment Approved by Health Canada

News

Immunotherapy is fast becoming the treatment of choice for many types of cancer as it offers a more natural method to target cancer cells. Canadian melanoma patients received great news ... Read more

September 15, 2014September 15, 2014

MD Anderson Co-hosts Night Fun Run for Melanoma

Melanoma, News

Melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, is expected to be diagnosed in over 76,000 new cases of skin cancer this year alone. In order to raise funds for much needed ... Read more

September 4, 2014September 5, 2014

Breakthrough Melanoma Treatment Approved by FDA

Melanoma, News, Skin Cancer

It is estimated that roughly 5% of all newly diagnosed cancers in America are melanomas — a tumor of melanin-forming cells, and ranked as the most serious type of skin ... Read more

August 22, 2014August 22, 2014

Rare Skin Cancer that Killed Bob Marley Not Caused by UV Exposure

News, Skin Cancer

The late reggae icon Bob Marley died back in 1981, battling an uncommon type of skin cancer called acral melanoma. According to a new study by a group of investigators from the ... Read more