The addition of cell adhesion-linked gene expression variables to clinicopathologic variables improves the identification of patients with sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastases within 90 days of thin or intermediate-thickness melanoma diagnosis, a new study published online ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Oncology has shown.
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More than 700 Screened for Skin Cancer at 2015 Aspen Ideas Festival
Dermatologists from the Mount Sinai Health System performed 726 skin cancer screenings at the Aspen Ideas Festival (AIF), identifying 18 possible melanomas and 46 potential non-melanoma skin cancers (basal cell and squamous cell abnormalities). These potential diagnoses must be confirmed with additional testing.
Link between Viagra and melanoma weaker than thought
New research suggests the link between erectile-dysfunction drugs and melanoma is weaker than previously thought.
Last year, a Harvard University study suggesting Viagra may be associated with an increased risk of melanoma in older men caused great concern.
Melanoma mutation rewires cell metabolism
A mutation found in most melanomas rewires cancer cells’ metabolism, making them dependent on a ketogenesis enzyme, researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have discovered.