Melanoma that has metastasized to the brain may be more effectively treated using radiation therapy in combination with the drug riluzole than with radiation alone. Researchers at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University treated mice induced with metastatic melanoma-derived brain cancer with this therapeutic strategy and decreased tumor size over a 37 day period
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Surfers three times more likely to develop melanoma: study
Australian surfers are developing potentially fatal melanomas at three times the national average, new research has found.
The finding is the result of a Bond University online survey of 1,350 surfers across the country into the occurrence of skin cancer over their lifetime.
Study Reveals Mechanisms Behind Melanoma Combination Therapy Resistance
Researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have published their latest results in the journal Cancer Cell, whereby they reveal how melanoma cells can become resistant to BRAF and MEK inhibitors after initial tumor regression.
Teenage Acne Increases Risk Of Melanoma In Women
Recent findings published in the journal Cancer show that teenage acne may be linked to an increased risk of melanoma in women.
For the study, researchers analyzed data from the Nurses’ Health Study II, which involved 99,128 female nurses who were followed for a 20-year-period.