Skin Cancer News

Posted May 17, 2012:

• Phase I Clinical Trial Shows Drug Shrinks Melanoma Brain Metastases

Posted May 15, 2012:

• Sunscreens Remain Safe, Effective Form of Sun Protection, Experts Say

Posted May 14, 2012:

• Genetic Test Identifies Eye Cancer Tumors Likely to Spread

Posted May 10, 2012:

• Discovery in Cell Signaling Could Help Fight Against Melanoma

Posted May 9, 2012:

• New Under the Sun: Recurrent Genetic Mutations in Melanoma

Posted May 8, 2012:

• Skin Cancer Increasingly Common in Teens and Young Adults

Posted May 6, 2012:

• Eye Color May Indicate Risk for Serious Skin Conditions

Posted April 25, 2012:

• Some Melanomas Use Cloaking Protein to Hide from Cancer-Killing Immune Cells

Posted April 24, 2012:

• Gene Critical to Development and Spread of Lung Cancer Identified

Posted April 4, 2012:

• Arsenic Turns Stem Cells Cancerous, Spurring Tumor Growth

Posted April 2, 2012:

• Cancer Stem Cell Vaccine in Development Shows Antitumor Effect
• Dramatic Rise in Skin Cancer in Young Adults

Posted March 19, 2012:

• Researchers Building Melanoma Vaccine to Combat Skin Cancer

Posted March 8, 2012:

• Promising New Drug Could Help Patients Battling Deadly and Difficult to Treat Form of Melanoma

Posted March 7, 2012:

• Rare Medical Phenomenon of Systemic Tumor Disappearance Following Local Radiation Treatment Reported in a Patient With Metastatic Melanoma

Posted February 28, 2012:

• Potential Solution to Melanoma's Resistance to Vemurafenib

Posted February 22, 2012:

• Newly Approved Drug for Metastatic Melanoma Nearly Doubles Median Survival

Posted February 13, 2012:

• Radiation Treatment Generates Cancer Stem Cells from Less Aggressive Breast Cancer Cells, Study Suggests

Posted February 9, 2012:

• Nanotube Therapy Takes Aim at Breast Cancer Stem Cells

Posted January 27, 2012:

• Collaborative Research Sheds Light on New Cancer Stem Cell Therapies

Posted January 17, 2012:

• Mechanism by Which Newly Approved Melanoma Drug Accelerates Secondary Skin Cancers Uncovered

Posted January 5, 2012:

• Novel Brain Tumor Vaccine Acts Like Bloodhound to Locate Cancer Cells
• Fibroblasts Contribute to Melanoma Tumor Growth
• Researcher's Photoacoustic Device Finds Cancer Cells Before They Become Tumors, Study Suggests

Posted January 4, 2012:

• Antiestrogen Therapy May Decrease Risk for Melanoma

Posted December 15, 2011:

• Hereditary Predisposition of Melanoma of the Eye Discovered

Posted December 8, 2011:

• Smoking Is Strongly Associated With Squamous Cell Carcinoma Among Women

Posted December 5, 2011:

• American Society of Clinical Oncology Issues Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer
• 'Encouraging' Skin Cancer Discovery: P-Rex1 Plays Key Role in Spread of Malignant Melanoma

Posted December 1, 2011:

• Lower Antioxidant Level Might Explain Higher Skin-Cancer Rate in Males

Posted November 30, 2011:

• Scientists Use Laser Imaging to Assess Safety of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles in Sunscreen

Posted November 28, 2011:

• Drug May Slow Spread of Deadly Eye Cancer
• Blood Stem Cells Engineered to Fight Melanoma

Posted November 22, 2011:

• P-Rex1 Protein Key to Melanoma Metastasis

Posted November 21, 2011:

• Cancer Vaccine Impact Limited Unless Drug Industry Focuses on Difficult-to-Treat Tumors, Experts Say

Posted November 15, 2011:

• Panel of Melanoma Mutations Opens Door to New Treatment Possibilities

Posted November 9, 2011:

• Biochemical Factor Important in Tumor Metastasis Unraveled

Posted November 3, 2011:

• Skin 'Sees' UV Light, Starts Producing Pigment
• Embryonic Signal Drives Pancreatic Cancer and Offers a Way to Kill It
• New Ways to Image and Therapeutically Target Melanoma Using Nanomedicine?

Posted October 26, 2011:

• Lab-Made Skin Cells Will Aid Transplantation, Cancer, Drug Discovery Research, Say Scientists

Posted October 25, 2011:

• Multidisciplinary Research Urged for Optimal Melanoma Surgery
• Substance from Bacteria Could Lead to Allergy-Free Sunscreen

Posted October 24, 2011:

• Coffee Consumption Associated With Decreased Risk for Basal Cell Carcinoma
• Increased Tanning Bed Use Increases Risk for Deadly Skin Cancers

Posted October 20, 2011:

• New Role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Regulating Skin Cancer Stem Cells
• New Role for Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) in Regulating Skin Cancer Stem Cells

Posted October 17, 2011:

• Survey of Hair Professionals Finds That Some Report Looking for Skin Cancer Lesions on Customers' Scalp, Neck and Face

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