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First melanoma test to offer reassurance of low risk of cancer spread
A pioneering test that reliably predicts the spread or return of the most deadly form…
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Relatlimab plus nivolumab improves progression-free survival in metastatic melanoma
In patients with untreated, advanced melanoma, the combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors relatlimab and nivolumab…
How moles change into melanoma
Moles and melanomas are both skin tumours that come from the same cell called melanocytes.…
Data available for training AI to spot skin cancer are insufficient and lacking in pictures of darker skin
The images and accompanying data available for training artificial intelligence (AI) to spot skin cancer…
Dietary fiber improves outcomes for melanoma patients on immunotherapy
Melanoma patients receiving therapy that makes it easier for their immune system to kill cancer…
Dermatologists warn summer alcohol consumption may increase risk of melanoma
Alcohol and the sun could prove a lethal combination in developing skin cancer, with tattoos…
Study details chromosome-level changes that allow melanomas to develop drug resistance
Precision therapies targeting melanoma and other cancers have improved patient survival, but tumours often stop…
High-fibre diet associated with improved progression-free survival and response to immunotherapy in melanoma patients
Patients with melanoma who reported eating more fibre-rich foods when they began immunotherapy treatment survived…
CAR-T immunotherapy could be improved to kill solid tumours
Immunotherapy, which harnesses the power of the body’s immune system to fight disease, is gaining…
Researchers discover a new mechanism involved in early melanoma metastasis
“We must not only look inside the tumour but also outside of it,” says Héctor…