Melanoma New Zealand is excited to launch its new dedicated mobile spot check van, enabling New Zealanders around the country to have free skin cancer spot checks.
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Melanoma New Zealand Launches Mobile Spot Check Van
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Feeling ‘so lucky’ to be alive after receiving new melanoma treatment
After losing a cousin to melanoma and being diagnosed with stage three of the same cancer, Sandra Moore feels lucky to be alive three years after receiving a potentially breakthrough treatment.
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Why Is the Tissue Bank So Important For Melanoma Research?
Why Is the Tissue Bank So Important For Melanoma Research? We answer this question with the help of Mohammed Kashani-Sabet, M.D., the Director, Center for Melanoma Research and Treatment; and Medical Director, Cancer Center, California Pacific Medical Center.
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Fecal microbiota transplants help patients with advanced melanoma respond to immunotherapy
For patients with cancers that do not respond to immunotherapy drugs, adjusting the composition of microorganisms in the intestines — known as the gut microbiome — through the use of stool, or fecal, transplants may help some of these individuals respond to the immunotherapy drugs, a new study suggests.
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