THREE-QUARTERS OF DERMATOLOGISTS WANT SUNBEDS BANNED AMID SKIN CANCER RISE, POLL REVEALS
The majority of British dermatologists believe that sunbeds should be banned in the UK, a new survey has found.
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Smoking, Vitamin D Deficiency Correlate to Ulcerated Melanoma
Ulcerated melanoma is associated with worse outcomes and appears to be driven in part by systemic inflammation, which is more common in smokers, obese individuals, and those with vitamin D deficiency, according to melanoma expert Julia Newton-Bishop, MD, part of a team of investigators exploring genetic and environmental predictors of the immune response in patients […]
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Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes ‘Capable of Destroying the Last Cancer Cell’
Nearly a quarter of patients, 23.7%, treated with adoptive cell transfer tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes for metastatic melanoma have experienced complete and durable responses, according to data presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.
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Pembrolizumab vs ipilimumab in advanced melanoma (KEYNOTE-006): Post-hoc 5-year results from an open-label, multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 3 study
Researchers describe findings after a 5-year follow-up among participants of an open-label, multicenter, randomized, controlled, phase 3 study assessing pembrolizumab vs ipilimumab in patients with advanced melanoma.
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