Aussie research aiming to starve melanomas

Source: Hot 91.1, February 2022

Australian researchers have discovered a new way some melanomas become resistant to targeted therapies, in a find that could knock out one of the killer cancer’s fuel sources.

By deactivating a pathway that controls the so called metabolic switch for melanoma cells, scientists at Melbourne’s Peter MacCallum oncology institute say they can delay their ability to resist treatments.

Targeting a specific gene mutation in a patient’s cancer often achieves a high response rate and triggers few side effects, says the institute’s Dr Lorey Smith.

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