Alexander C.J. Van Akkooi, MD, PhD, FRACS, chair, Melanoma Surgery, Melanoma Institute Australia; associate professor, University of Sydney, discusses findings from the prospective EORTC-1208-MG registry study (NCT01942603), which, in addition to evaluating the outcomes of patients with minimal sentinel node tumor burden who were managed without complete lymph node dissection, evaluated the accuracy of local pathological review in diagnosing metastatic melanoma.
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Genetically modified virus therapy reduces tumor size and enhances surgical success in skin cancer study
Basal cell carcinomas, the most common form of skin cancer, occur in chronically sun-exposed areas such as the face. Locally advanced tumors in particular can be difficult to treat surgically. A research team from MedUni Vienna and University Hospital Vienna has now investigated the effectiveness of a new type of therapy and achieved promising results.
Novel, Effective Combination Immunotherapy for Melanoma, Breast Cancer
New research led by the Medical University of Vienna has uncovered a combination therapy that shows promising results in melanoma and breast cancer models. The findings were published in Nature Cancer.
Nourishing T Cells to Fight Cancer
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have developed a new way to grow T cells in the lab that enables them to live longer and better destroy cancer cells in a mouse model of melanoma compared to those grown in traditional growth media.