Veterans who return home from the sun-baked Middle East have an increased chance of developing potentially deadly skin cancer, a study has concluded.
The new study, published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, found that many soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq who spent much of their deployments outdoors weren’t adequately trained about the dangers of sun exposure and failed to use sunscreen regularly to help prevent melanoma.
Current evidence does not support the hypothesis that pregnancy after treatment of melanoma worsens survival or recurrence rates, according to an analysis published in the Dermatologic Surgery journal.
Moles are benign tumors found on the skin of almost every adult. Scientists have known for years that a mutation in the BRAF gene makes them start growing, but until now haven’t understood why they stop. Now, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have identified a major genetic factor that keeps moles in their usual non-cancerous, no-growth state. The study was published online first this summer in the journal Cancer Discovery.
Two new targeted systemic therapies have been recently introduced as possible treatment options for advanced melanoma, according to an article published online in the European Journal of Cancer Care.
