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Translating Research and Biomarkers
By Ian Olver AM for oncologynews.com.au The term translational research is broad but most often…
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Genes linked with sunburn, skin cancer risk
Certain genes can determine which people are more at risk of getting sunburnt, and possibly…
Hidden costs of skin cancer caused by workplace sun exposure revealed
Skin cancer cases attributable to work-related sun exposure could be costing millions of dollars, and…
Daily aspirin linked to higher skin cancer risk in men
Men who take once-daily aspirin have nearly double the risk of melanoma compared to men…
Skin cancer caught earlier by spouses, diagnosed more accurately by dermatologists
Two studies published in JAMA Dermatology report on the detection of early skin cancers in married couples,…
AACR 2018: How do melanoma cells survive drug treatment long enough to acquire drug resistance?
Cancer often picks up genetic changes that allow it to resist treatment. But this takes…
AACR 2018: Pembrolizumab reduced the risk for recurrence of stage 3 melanoma
A one-year course of 18 doses of pembrolizumab significantly reduced the risk of recurrence for…
Discovery of 4 subtypes of melanoma points to new treatment approaches
Melanoma, a relatively rare but deadly skin cancer, has been shown to switch differentiation states…
Sure, cancer mutates, but it has other ways to resist treatment
Fabian V. Filipp, University of California, Merced Because of advances in drug design and precision…
A combination of cancer immunotherapies could save more lives
The pre-clinical study, published in Clinical Cancer Research, by Dr Sarah Buchan and colleagues, combined antibodies…