Copyright 2012 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/melanoma/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241175.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241175.phpThe National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimates that as many as one in 51 men and women will be diagnosed with melanoma - the deadliest form of skin cancer - at some point during their lifetimes. A research team led by Ze'ev Ronai, Ph.D...Melanoma / Skin Cancer Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241044.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241044.phpBasal cell carcinoma is a form of skin cancer caused by regular sun exposure, or other ultraviolet radiation, which starts in the top layer of the skin (epidermis), is usually painless and grows slowly. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just approved a new drug named Erivedge (vismodegib) for the treatment of adult patients with basal cell carcinoma, the most common type of skin cancer...Melanoma / Skin Cancer Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240944.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240944.phpOn Monday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved a new type of drug to treat adult patients with advanced basal-cell carcinoma, the most common type of skin cancer. The drug's generic name is vismodegib and was developed by the US part of Roche Holding AG. It will be sold in the US by Roche's South San Francisco-based Genentech under the brand name Erivedge...Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240908.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240908.phpTransplant patients who develop head and neck cancer are more likely to be non-smokers and non-drinkers, and less likely than their non-transplant counterparts to survive past one year of diagnosis, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit...Transplants / Organ Donations Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240652.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240652.php A study published in the journal Pediatrics shows that most pre-adolescent children do not regularly use sunscreen, and worse, many suffer from sunburn at some point during their childhood...Melanoma / Skin Cancer Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240542.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240542.php A collaboration between a cancer biologist from the University of Milano and 2 physicists has shown that cell senescence occurs spontaneously in melanoma cells, but does not stop their growth Since cancer cells grow indefinitely, it is commonly believed that senescence could act as a barrier against tumor growth and potentially be used as a way to treat cancer...Melanoma / Skin Cancer Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240515.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240515.phpPatients with metastatic melanoma taking the recently approved drug vemurafenib (Zelboraf®) responded well to the twice daily pill, but some of them developed a different, secondary skin cancer...Melanoma / Skin Cancer Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240525.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240525.php Based on the knowledge that cancer cells grow indefinitely, the general belief is that senescence could act as a barrier against tumor growth and has the potential of being used as a cancer treatment...Melanoma / Skin Cancer Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240480.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240480.php According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) have demonstrated how to prevent new cancers that can occur when malignant melanoma patients are treated with drugs known as BRAF inhibitors...Melanoma / Skin Cancer Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240416.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240416.phpSome skin cancers, in particular basal cell carcinoma, can be successfully treated with a prescription cream containing the compound imiquimod. The antitumor effect of imiquimod is multifactorial. One of the more complex aspects of imiquimod's antitumor effects is its ability to modify the immune response...Melanoma / Skin Cancer Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240373.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240373.phpA new study from the American Cancer Society finds recent declines in melanoma mortality rates in non-Hispanic Whites in the U.S. mainly reflect declines in those with the highest level of education, and reveals a widening disparity in melanoma mortality rates by education...Melanoma / Skin Cancer Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240021.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240021.php Fibroblasts, cells that play a role in the structural framework of tissues, play an apparent role in melanoma tumor growth. Fibroblasts also contribute to melanoma drug resistance and may also facilitate the "flare" response when a tumor's metabolism is enhanced following a patient being removed from a targeted therapy, said researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla. Alexander R...Melanoma / Skin Cancer Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240024.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240024.phpAccording to an investigation published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, antiestrogen supplements may lower the risk of women with breast cancer developing melanoma. The Swiss Research Foundation against Cancer, a nonprofit group, funded the investigation...Melanoma / Skin Cancer Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239944.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239944.php Women with breast cancer who take antiestrogen supplements may be decreasing their risk for melanoma, according to a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Christine Bouchardy, M.D., Ph.D...Breast Cancer Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239922.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239922.phpA study published in the December issue of the Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals reveals that, cancer survivors have a higher chance of developing cutaneous melanoma (CM), one of the most aggressive forms of skin cancer. Individuals with previously diagnosed melanoma are at the highest risk...Melanoma / Skin Cancer Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239437.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239437.phpRoche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended that Zelboraf be granted full marketing authorization as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with BRAF V600 mutation-positive unresectable or metastatic melanoma...Melanoma / Skin Cancer Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239458.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239458.phpYoung adult females who use tanning lotions and other sunless tanning products tend to sunbathe and use tanning salons less than other women of their age, researchers from Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, reported in Archives of Dermatology. They added that the more a woman used sunless tanning products, the less she tended to sunbathe or use tanning salons...Melanoma / Skin Cancer Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239359.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239359.phpOhio State University researchers have discovered a hereditary cancer syndrome that predisposes certain people to a melanoma of the eye, along with lung cancer, brain cancer and possibly other types of cancer. The hereditary cancer syndrome is caused by an inherited mutation in a gene called BAP1, researchers say...Eye Health / Blindness Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239399.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239399.phpRegular female smokers have a threefold higher risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center reported in Cancer Causes and Control. The authors said they found a slight increase in risk among regular male smokers, but a statistically insignificant one. Dana E...Melanoma / Skin Cancer Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239375.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239375.php The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) announced today its recommendation that Zelboraf (vemurafenib), an innovative protein-kinase inhibitor, used to treat metastatic or unresectable melanoma (where it cannot be surgically removed or has spread to other parts of the body) with BRAF V600 mutations, be granted marketing authorization...Melanoma / Skin Cancer Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239187.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239187.php Compared to those who have never used it, young people who use indoor tanning have a 69% higher risk of developing a type of skin cancer called basal cell carcinoma (BCC), according to a new study led by researchers from the Yale School of Public Health in the US that was published online on 12 December in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology...Melanoma / Skin Cancer Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238998.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238998.phpPeople in Northern Ireland have a lower risk of developing some cancers than those living in the Republic of Ireland, according to the All-Ireland Cancer Atlas - a collaborative publication by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry at Queen's University Belfast and the National Cancer Registry in Cork...Cancer / Oncology Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238671.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238671.phpSCIENTISTS in Glasgow have made an important discovery in the fight against malignant melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer. Unlike most other cancers, malignant melanoma is disproportionately higher in younger people than in other age groups. More than two young adults (aged 15-34) in the UK are diagnosed with the disease every day...Melanoma / Skin Cancer Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238653.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238653.phpMen are three times more likely than women to develop a common form of skin cancer but medical science doesn't know why. A new study may provide part of the answer. Researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J...Melanoma / Skin Cancer Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238560.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238560.php Men are three times more likely than women to develop a common form of skin cancer but medical science doesn't know why. A new study may provide part of the answer. Researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J...Melanoma / Skin Cancer