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January 23, 2015January 23, 2015

Genetic Analysis Reveals Melanoma Drivers

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University of California researchers have mapped the genetic composition of melanoma, identifying crucial mutational hotspots responsible for cancer development. In the study “Cancer systems biology of TCGA SKCM: Efficient detection ... Read more

January 22, 2015January 22, 2015

Coffee Associated With a Lower Risk of Malignant Melanoma, According to Study

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Coffee consumption may be associated with a lower risk of malignant melanoma, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Cutaneous melanoma is the ... Read more

January 21, 2015January 21, 2015

Researchers Find Link Between Aggressive Acne And Melanoma Risk

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In a recent study titled “Teenage Acne and Cancer Risk in US Women: A Prospective Cohort Study”, published in the Cancer Journal, a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School ... Read more

January 20, 2015January 20, 2015

New Skin Formation Regulatory Mechanism Found

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A new study entitled “Terminal epidermal differentiation is regulated by the interaction of Fra-2/AP-1 with Ezh2 and ERK1/2” reveals a new mechanism by which keratinocyte differentiation is regulated, the key ... Read more

January 19, 2015January 19, 2015

Study Reveals Mechanisms Behind Melanoma Combination Therapy Resistance

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Researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have published their latest results in the journal Cancer Cell, whereby they reveal how melanoma cells can become resistant to BRAF and ... Read more

January 16, 2015January 16, 2015

Children of Melanoma Survivors Not Adequately Protected From Sun’s Harmful Exposure

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According to a study from UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers, children whose progenitors survived melanoma are not adequately using sun protection. This is especially alarming, as these children have ... Read more

January 15, 2015January 15, 2015

Metastatic Melanoma in Mice Treated with ALS Therapeutic and Radiation

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Melanoma that has metastasized to the brain may be more effectively treated using radiation therapy in combination with the drug riluzole than with radiation alone. Researchers at Rutgers Cancer Institute ... Read more

January 14, 2015January 14, 2015

Novel Mechanism Behind Melanoma Drug Resistance Unveiled

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Recent research has unveiled the mechanisms responsible for targeted therapy resistance in melanoma patients. This type of therapy has a lower toxicity rate and can improve results for different types ... Read more

January 13, 2015January 13, 2015

Wound-Induced Skin Cancer Triggered By Bacteria

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In a new study entitled “Innate sensing of microbial products promotes wound-induced skin cancer” a team of researchers at the King’s College London discovered that immune cells’ recognition of bacteria ... Read more

January 12, 2015January 12, 2015

Genetic Test for Melanoma Metastasis from Castle Biosciences Validated in Recent Study

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A recent study published in Clinical Cancer Research, “Development of a Prognostic Genetic Signature to Predict the Metastatic Risk Associated with Cutaneous Melanoma,” used Texas-based Castle Bioscience’s DecisionDx-Melanoma test for cutaneous ... Read more

January 9, 2015January 9, 2015

New Mouse Cell Line To Study BRAF Melanoma

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A team of Dartmouth scientists has developed a cell line that can be used as a research tool for investigators using mice models of melanoma. In the study, published in ... Read more

January 8, 2015January 8, 2015

Melanoma Pigmentation Linked to Mitochondrial ROS Levels

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A new study from The Medical School of Newcastle University is assigning guilt by association to mitochondrial function and melanoma. Melanoma skin cancer cells that display high levels of pigmentation ... Read more

January 7, 2015January 7, 2015

Genentech Submits New Drug Application to FDA for Cobimetinib And Zelboraf Combination For Advanced Melanoma Treatment

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Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of cobimetinib  in combination with Zelboraf ... Read more

January 6, 2015January 6, 2015

Indoor Tanning Decreases Among U.S. High School Students But Still Concerning

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According to recent research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the trend in indoor tanning among high school students is on the decline. However, white females remain the demographic with the highest ... Read more

January 5, 2015January 5, 2015

Researchers Identify Gene Mutations Involved In Majority Of Melanomas

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Recent research from the University of Louisville’s James Graham Brown Cancer Center has identified mutations responsible for DNA structure alterations that turn off genes located at four different sites of ... Read more

January 2, 2015January 2, 2015

Studies Find Molecular Pathways Involved in Melanoma Drug Resistance

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Two new studies entitled “Systematic identification of signaling pathways with potential to confer anticancer drug resistance” and “RAS signaling promotes resistance to JAK inhibitors by suppressing BAD-mediated apoptosis” identified new ... Read more

December 30, 2014December 30, 2014

Nivolumab Granted Accelerated Approval By The FDA

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The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted accelerated approval to nivolumab (commercialized as OPDIVO by the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company) for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic ... Read more

December 29, 2014December 29, 2014

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

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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 26, 2014December 26, 2014

Researchers Identify Protein Involved In Melanoma Metastasis Into The Lung

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In a recent study titled “Role of Chitinase 3-like-1 and Semaphorin 7A in Pulmonary Melanoma Metastasis”, published in Cancer Research, a team of researchers from Brown and Yale University found ... Read more

December 23, 2014December 23, 2014

IBM Developing Intelligent Skin Lesion Analysis Diagnostic Technology

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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