Melanoma & Skin Cancer News Round Up: 05/12/2013

A selection of website links which reference melanoma or skin cancer.

Melanoma risk linked with IVF treatment and birth

An investigation into the association between IVF treatment and melanoma found women who had IVF treatment and gave birth to one or two children had an increased rate of invasive melanoma compared with those who did not have children.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-12-melanoma-linked-ivf-treatment-birth.html

Nivolumab induced responses in melanoma refractory or naïve to ipilimumab

Patients with ipilimumab-refactory or ipilmumab-naïve melanoma demonstrated response to nivolumab with or without peptide vaccine, according to study results.

http://www.healio.com/hematology-oncology/melanoma-skin-cancer/news/online/%7Bb54cc5ce-625c-4661-a558-df052b0c0d44%7D/nivolumab-induced-responses-in-melanoma-refractory-or-naive-to-ipilimumab

PCa Raises Melanoma risk

Men with a history of prostate cancer (PCa) are at increased risk of melanoma, a new study suggests.

http://www.renalandurologynews.com/pca-raises-melanoma-risk/article/322787/

Severity of sleep apnoea is directly proportional to the aggressiveness of melanoma

The severity of sleep apnoea can independently predict the aggressiveness of malignant skin melanoma, according to a new study.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/elf-sos090513.php