Moffitt Cancer Center researchers have been instrumental in making significant improvements to the diagnostic procedure called sentinel node biopsy for melanoma patients and teaching this procedure to physicians from around the world.
MRV Research
Fluorescence microscopy aids in melanoma development discovery
Using fluorescence microscopy, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University Hospital and the LIMES Institute of the University of Bonn in Germany has discovered that sunburns contribute to the development of malignant melanoma—not only through direct alteration of pigment cell genomes, but also indirectly through inflammatory processes in the surrounding tissue.
Weber Explores Advances in Metastatic Melanoma
In an interview with OncLive, Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, from the Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida, Tampa, explored the utilization of molecular and immune-targeted therapies as treatments for patients with advanced melanoma.
The number of tumor cells spread to sentinel lymph nodes affects melanoma prognosis
Cancer cell spread to the sentinel node—the lymph node to which cancer cells are most likely to spread from a primary tumor—is a risk factor for melanoma death.