Posts by: Kara Elam

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Cancer Research UK released demographic data this week showing that malignant melanoma rates in the U.K. have more than doubled among people ages 55 and older since the mid-1990s, and are also ... Read more

October 22, 2015October 22, 2015

For Treatment-Naive Melanoma Patients, Nivolumab May Hold Added Benefit

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According to a recently released collection of papers (dossier) by the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), use of the drug Nivolumab (trade name: Opdivo) may be ... Read more

October 1, 2015October 13, 2015

Arteries Are Better Than Veins for Liquid Biopsy, According to Study

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Researchers from Thomas Jefferson Medical School (TJMS), Philadelphia, have recently released study findings which may hold important implications for a novel test currently approved for use to detect circulating tumor ... Read more

September 22, 2015September 25, 2015

Novel Discoveries May Hold Answers For Treatment-Resistant Melanoma

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UCLA scientists have recently released study findings which may hold important implications in the field of metastatic melanoma research. The study entitled, “Non-genomic and Immune Evolution of Melanoma Acquiring MAPKi Resistance“, ... Read more

September 17, 2015September 17, 2015

Immune Irregularities May Increase Melanoma Risk Among Certain Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Survivors

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A collaborative team of interdisciplinary researchers led by Clara J.K. Lam, MPH, a predoctoral fellow in the Radiation Epidemiology Branch of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and PhD student in cancer ... Read more

September 15, 2015September 15, 2015

Adding Aspirin to Cancer Immunotherapy Slows Tumor Growth in Mice

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A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Francis Crick Institute, with funding from Cancer Research UK, have recently released results that could advance immunotherapy treatment options for certain cancers, such as ... Read more

July 22, 2015July 22, 2015

Skin Cancer Marker Plays Critical Role in Tumor Growth

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A collaborative team of interdisciplinary researchers led by Dr. Ryan P. Hobbs, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow at John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ... Read more

June 26, 2015June 26, 2015

Researchers Investigate Novel Treatment for Metastatic Melanoma

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A collaborative team of international researchers led by Dr. Howard L. Kaufman, MD, FACS, associate director for clinical science and chief surgical officer at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, ... Read more