LIKE so many of us, it appears that melanoma is also addicted to sugar.
Research by Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre has found that melanoma cells depend on glucose to grow and spread through the body.
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Melbourne researchers find melanomas are addicted to sugar
Melbourne cancer researchers have made an important discovery they think may improve the treatment of Australia’s national cancer – melanoma.
They’ve found melanomas are addicted to sugar and that starving them of their glucose hit can help kill off deadly cells.
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