Spotting skin cancer sooner with the help of AI
What if the earliest signs of skin cancer could be identified sooner—before a dermatology appointment?
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Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases: News and Research on Melanoma
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Melanoma cancer cells secrete extracellular vesicles to paralyze immune cells
A new international study led by Prof. Carmit Levy of the Department of Human Genetics and Biochemistry at the Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University finds that melanoma cancer cells paralyze immune ...
Dec 29, 2025
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'Don't use them': Tanning beds triple skin cancer risk, study finds
When Heidi Tarr was a teenager, she used a tanning bed several times a week with her friends because they all wanted to glow like a celebrity.
Dec 28, 2025
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Indoor tanning makes youthful skin much older on a genetic level
Tanning bed users are known to have a higher risk of skin cancer, but for the first time researchers have found that young indoor tanners undergo genetic changes that can lead to more mutations in their skin cells than people ...
Dec 27, 2025
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BRAF gene mutation leads to different therapeutic responses in melanoma and colorectal cancer
A review article led by researchers from the B·ARGO group at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) and from the Medical Oncology Department of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) in Badalona provides a comparative ...
Dec 22, 2025
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Accelerated cancer drug approvals yield modest survival gains at significant Medicare cost
Early access to new cancer drugs, granted accelerated approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has provided mixed benefits for patients while costing Medicare billions of dollars, reveals research published ...
Dec 21, 2025
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Thick melanoma tumors may be linked to poorer survival than some metastatic cases
The current melanoma staging system does not always reflect actual survival outcomes. In some cases, patients with thick but localized tumors have poorer long-term survival than those with melanoma that has spread to nearby ...
Dec 18, 2025
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Tanning beds mutate skin cells far beyond the reach of ordinary sunlight, study shows
Tanning bed use is tied to almost a three-fold increase in melanoma risk, and for the first time, scientists have shown how these devices cause melanoma-linked DNA damage across nearly the entire skin surface, reports a new ...
Dec 12, 2025
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Lower doses of immunotherapy for skin cancer give better results, study suggests
According to a new study, lower doses of approved immunotherapy for malignant melanoma can give better results against tumors, while reducing side effects. This is reported by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in the Journal ...
Dec 7, 2025
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Exercise slows tumor growth in mice by shifting glucose uptake to muscles
It's well known that exercise is good for health and helps to prevent serious diseases, like cancer and heart disease, along with simply making people feel better overall. However, the molecular mechanisms responsible for ...
