Oncology & Cancer
Military service can bring melanoma danger
U.S. military veterans, especially those who served in the Air Force, are at high risk for one of the deadliest skin cancers, melanoma.
Mar 12, 2024
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News tagged with melanoma tumor
Oncology & Cancer
Age-related changes in skin may contribute to melanoma metastases
Age-related changes that cause the skin to stiffen and become less elastic may also contribute to higher rates of metastatic skin cancer in older people, according to research by investigators from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel ...
Mar 12, 2024
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Medications
New cell-based immunotherapy offered for melanoma
Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is one of the first centers nationwide to offer a newly approved cell-based immunotherapy that targets melanoma.
Feb 24, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
How a timekeeping gene affects tumor growth depends entirely on context
A new study has found that the circadian clock—which synchronizes physiological and cellular activities with the day-night cycle and is generally thought to be tumor suppressive—in fact has a contextually variable role ...
Jan 24, 2024
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Immunology
The secret life of CD4+ T cells: From helpers to melanoma fighters
A study led by the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) has found that CD4+ T cells, traditionally called 'helper T cells' for their role in aiding the activation of other immune cells, are ...
Jan 19, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers characterize the tumor suppressor activity of the PTEN protein in melanoma
Cutaneous melanoma is considered the deadliest form of skin cancer because it's aggressive and tends to spread quickly through the body. While scientists have made significant progress in understanding the molecular mechanisms ...
Jan 9, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Blood-based biomarker may redefine future treatment for advanced melanoma
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is emerging as a blood-based biomarker for many solid tumor types, including melanoma. A new study that assessed ctDNA in the blood of patients with BRAF wild-type (BRAF WT) stage III and IV ...
Oct 4, 2023
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Medical research
Compression of cancer cells is a double-edged sword, study finds
Adhering closely to Darwin's theory of evolution, tumors need to adapt to environmental changes to survive. A new study shows that one of those changes—the compression of cells—can both help and hinder the progression ...
Sep 25, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Researcher discusses how lung macrophages evolve during metastatic growth of lung colonies in a mouse model of melanoma
A new editorial paper titled "A macrophage is a macrophage is a macrophage—in metastasis" has been published in Oncotarget.
Aug 23, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Heart medication improves the efficacy of current treatments for melanoma in mouse models
A collaborative study undertaken by the Navarrabiomed Biomedical Research Center (Pamplona, Navarre), the Institute of Neurosciences CSIC-UMH (Sant Joan d'Alacant, Valencian Community) and IRB Barcelona (Barcelona, Catalonia) ...
Aug 10, 2023
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