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April 24, 2015April 24, 2015

Provectus and Pfizer Receive Patent Allowance for Experimental Therapy in Combination with Systemic Immunotherapy For Melanoma Treatment

Melanoma, News

Provectus Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. a company specialized in developing oncology and dermatology therapies, recently announced that is has received from the US Patent and Trademark Office a Notice of Allowance for ... Read more

April 23, 2015April 23, 2015

New Immunotherapy Reduces Tumors in Metastatic Melanoma Patients

Melanoma, News

Scientists at Penn Abramson Cancer Center recently presented groundbreaking results showing how combining an immune-checkpoint inhibitor – tremelimumab – with an anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody drug induces a safe and effective response ... Read more

April 22, 2015April 22, 2015

Promising Immunotherapy Combination for Patients with Untreated Melanoma Revealed in Study

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A new study recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine revealed that a specific combination of immunotherapies yielded promising results in patients with untreated advanced melanoma. The study was ... Read more

April 21, 2015April 21, 2015

Stanford Researchers Discover a Cell Type Linked to Scar Formation, Fibrosis and Melanoma Growth

Melanoma, News

Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine recently published in the journal Science the discovery of a specific skin cell type that is associated to wound healing by scarring, radiation-induced fibrosis ... Read more

April 20, 2015April 20, 2015

Study Shows Advertising Influences Tanning Behavior

Melanoma, News

Advertising and magazines that present tanning on a beach as a paradise in exotic vacation destinations with smiling, tanned models may be influencing people to search out ways of getting more tanned, ... Read more

April 17, 2015April 18, 2015

Researchers Discover a Protein That Can Improve Malignant Melanoma Diagnosis and Possibly Treatment

Melanoma, News

Researchers at the University of Aarhus and the Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark discovered a specific protein associated with malignant melanomas that could be used as a marker for earlier diagnosis and potentially ... Read more

April 16, 2015April 16, 2015

Study Reports Fewer New Cases of Pediatric Melanoma

Melanoma, News

Findings from a new study published in The Journal of Pediatrics revealed that the rate of new pediatric melanoma cases decreased between 2004 and 2010 in the United States. A research team from ... Read more

April 15, 2015April 15, 2015

UV Tanning Revealed To Significantly Increase Skin Cancer Risk

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“A Call to Action to Prevent Skin Cancer” by acting Surgeon General Dr. Boris Lushniak recently pointed out that the use of UV tanning beds are “strongly associated with increased skin cancer ... Read more

April 14, 2015April 14, 2015

Melanoma Epigenetic Regulators Underlie Melanoma Progression and Therapy-Resistance

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In a new study entitled “Decoding the regulatory landscape of melanoma reveals TEADS as regulators of the invasive cell state,” a research team at University of Leuven in Belgium reported two ... Read more

April 13, 2015April 14, 2015

Melanoma Metastatic Potential is Fuelled by CXCR3 Signaling

Melanoma, News

In a new study entitled “CXCR3 signaling in BRAFWT melanoma increases IL-8 expression and tumorigenicity,” researchers revealed that CXCR3 signaling promotes wild-type BRAF melanoma progression by inducing invasive and metastatic characteristics. The ... Read more

April 10, 2015April 10, 2015

Researchers Conduct First Systematic Study to Evaluate Anti-Cancer Nanoparticles Safety

Melanoma, News

An international multidisciplinary team published a study in the journal Nano Research establishing the safety of specific nanoparticles for cancer therapies using human skin cells. The study is entitled “Cytotoxicity ... Read more

April 8, 2015April 8, 2015

Promising Outcomes Reported For a Personalized Vaccine Against Cutaneous Melanoma

Melanoma, News

A new study is utilizing personalized immunotherapy to target specific tumor-associated genomic changes in an effort to combat tumors formed during cutaneous melanoma. The dendritic cell vaccine is tailored to ... Read more

April 8, 2015April 10, 2015

Immune Checkpoint Therapy Has A Promising Impact On Advanced Melanoma Treatment

Melanoma, News

Over the last four years, a promising new class of cancer therapeutics has emerged in which an innovative method, coined immune checkpoint therapy, is exploited to seek and destroy tumors ... Read more

April 7, 2015April 7, 2015

Pensioners in the UK More Likely To Be Diagnosed With Malignant Melanoma

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According to Cancer Research UK, people aged over 65 years are about 7 times more likely to develop melanoma when compared to the same demographic group 40 years ago. Specifically researchers determined that ... Read more

April 6, 2015April 6, 2015

BRAF Gene Mutation Associated With Different Melanoma Subtypes

Melanoma, News

A recent study published in the journal Melanoma Research and led by researchers at the National Cancer Center Hospital in Tokyo, Japan revealed an association between mutations in the BRAF ... Read more

April 1, 2015April 1, 2015

New Therapeutic Molecule Tested on Melanoma Stops Cancer Development by Interfering with Cellular Communication Pathways

Melanoma, News

A study recently published in the journal Nature Communications revealed a new potential therapeutic molecule that can halt the delivery of biological information to melanoma cells without affecting healthy cells. The ... Read more

March 31, 2015March 31, 2015

Melanoma Advocates And Movie Stars Together Against Melanoma

Melanoma, News

The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) recently announced the 4th annual Miles for Melanoma 5k Run/Walk on the Universal Studios Backlot, which will take place on May 3rd, 2015. All proceeds from the event will serve to ... Read more

March 30, 2015March 30, 2015

Gene Removal May Help Melanoma Treatment

Melanoma, News

In a new study entitled “Atg7 Overcomes Senescence and Promotes Growth of BrafV600E-Driven Melanoma” researchers at the Rutgers Cancer Institute, New Jersey show the potential added benefit of combining anti-autophagy ... Read more

March 27, 2015April 3, 2015

Data On IMBRUVICA To Be Presented During 2015 AACR Meeting

Melanoma, News

Pharmacyclics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative small-molecule drugs to treat cancer and immune mediated diseases recently announced that they will present the results ... Read more

March 26, 2015March 26, 2015

DermTech Presents Promising Results During the 2015 American Academy of Dermatology Conference

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DermTech, Inc., a dermatology company developing non-invasive gene expression tests to aid the clinical diagnosis of skin cancer and other skin conditions, presented their recent work during the 2015 Annual Meeting of the ... Read more