Melanoma / Skin Cancer News
The latest Melanoma News & Skin Cancer News articles published daily. Includes news on both types of skin cancer - malignant melanoma (a tumor of melanocytes) and non-melanoma (basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma). Melanoma can also occasionally develop in the eyes (uveal melanoma), the respiratory passage, intestines and brain.
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Study Identifies Molecular Switch That Allows Melanoma To Resist Therapy
07 February 2012
The 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... [read article]
Erivedge - Treatment For Most Common Form Of Skin Cancer
01 February 2012
Basal 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... [read article]
FDA Approves Drug For Common Skin Cancer
01 February 2012
On 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... [read article]
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