Skin: Skin cancer rates continue rise: research
Australia has the highest incidence of skin cancer in the world and the rate continues to increase alarmingly, research to be presented to the annual meeting of the Australasian College…
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New drug can double melanoma survival
One of the first new treatments to become available for advanced melanoma in more than an decade doubles the average survival time for patients with the disease. The drug, vemurafenib,…
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Researchers have known that the gene MITF controls the growth of melanocytes, which make the skin turn brown after exposure to the sun. The newly discovered mutation causes MITF to work abnormally and increase the chance that sunlight or other causes will lead the melanocyte to become a malignant melanoma.
Cancer charities call for national research collaboration
SYDNEY: A group of Australia’s leading cancer charities today called for a national cancer research plan to better coordinate investment in cancer research.