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Single-Cell Level Variability May Help Predict Responses to BRAF Inhibitors in Melanoma

New targeted therapy options, such as BRAF and MEK inhibitors, offer advanced treatment for patients with melanoma; however, genetic variability often means that patients will have different therapeutic responses.

Enter the exosome: WVU researcher studies how cancer and immune cells communicate

Cells can’t text each other the way we can, but they can still communicate.

Moffitt Researchers Identify a Mechanism Controlling Tumor Cell Recognition by Immune Cells

TAMPA, Fla. – Immunotherapy has become a standard treatment approach for several types of cancer, including melanoma

Reduction in Melanoma After Bariatric Surgery ? Really?

Source: Medscape, November 2019 Bariatric surgery and the weight loss that it induces are associated with a markedly reduced risk for skin cancer, including melanoma, according to a new analysis from the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study. In an earlier report from this study, Swedish researchers found that bariatric surgery was associated with a reduced risk for female-specific cancers, […]