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Queensland training hairdressers to spot melanoma
A new online course in melanoma detection is available free to hairdressers from today. The…
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Skin cancer GPs urge Barbie drug users to get checks
Experts are urging consumers or friends and relatives worried for consumers of the so-called Barbie…
Researchers identify a subset of patients with early melanoma who face a very low risk of dying from the disease
Although melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer, most patients have high chances…
Reprogrammed immune cells fight off melanoma in lab model
A new way of reprogramming our immune cells to shrink or kill off cancer cells…
Artificial intelligence approach may help identify melanoma survivors who face a high risk of cancer recurrence
Most deaths from melanoma occur in patients who were initially diagnosed with early-stage melanoma and…
An AI model reveals how the body’s defense system recognises skin cancer
Researchers from the University of Helsinki, HUS Comprehensive Cancer Center, Aalto University and Stanford University…
Novel imaging system could mean near-instant biopsy results
Biopsies have been performed the same way since the 19th century, but new technology could…
Awakening dormant cells to target cancer
The advent of small-molecule targeted therapies, a decade ago, revolutionised the treatment of metastatic melanoma,…
ASBMR 2022: Antibiotics may accelerate melanoma metastasis by depleting the gut microbiome
The use of broad-spectrum antibiotics in mice with malignant melanoma accelerated their metastatic bone growth,…
Scientists identify key biomarkers that reliably predict response to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for melanoma
Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy is a type of treatment for melanoma, the deadliest form…