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Skin
cancer drug fast-tracked on NHS
- An experimental and unlicensed cancer drug has been fast-tracked to NHS patients under a new government scheme.
Source: BBC
FTC to
Pursue Charges Against Melanoma Detection Apps
- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has opened a case to end fraudulent advertisement regarding mobile apps that are supposed to diagnose melanoma through detecting symptoms or pictures of moles.
Source: Melanoma
news today
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Penn
trial suggests 'triple threat' for melanoma patients could be effective
- Results from a clinical trial published online in the journal Nature Monday introduce a new "triple threat" combination that could be effective in treating melanoma that's spread throughout a patient's body.
Source:
Newsworks
Colin
Bloomfield: BBC Radio Derby presenter launches Melanoma Appeal to educate
Derbyshire children about sun safety
- For 18 months, readers of the Derby Telegraph and listeners to BBC Radio Derby have been following Colin Bloomfield's fight against stage four melanoma.
Source: Derby
Telegraph
Immunotherapy
promising for advanced melanoma
- Perhaps no other cancer has benefited more from treatment advances in recent years than advanced melanoma. Once a virtual death sentence, these patients now have a reason to be hopeful, thanks to agents approved in the last three years and even better ones in the pipeline, speakers said at the 3rd Annual World Cutaneous Malignancies Congress.
Source: Dermatology
Times
FTC fines
apps firms for claiming their technology could detect melanoma
- Claims marketers of Mole Detective and MelApp ‘lacked adequate evidence’ showing their apps could detect melanoma symptoms
Source: The
Guardian
Three Dog
Night’s Jimmy Greenspoon Dies of Melanoma
- Keyboardist Jimmy Greenspoon, a classic-era member of Three Dog Night, has died after a battle with cancer. The band confirmed Greenspoon’s passing on their Facebook page, adding that the 67-year-old died today (March 11) at his residence.
Source: Ultimate
classic Rock
Colin
Bloomfield Melanoma Appeal: Derby County and Mel Morris to donate thousands of
pounds
- DERBY County Football Club is to donate thousands of pounds to the Colin Bloomfield Melanoma Appeal.
Source: Derby
Telegraph
AAD task
force reviews strengths, weaknesses of ABCDEs of melanoma
- The American Academy of Dermatology Ad Hoc Task Force for the ABCDEs of Melanoma, chaired by Hensin Tsao, MD, PhD, reviewed the mnemonic for early detection of melanoma and determined it has strengths and weaknesses.
Source: Healio
Eight
recent developments in melanoma
- Recent study findings involving melanoma included patients with familial or sporadic melanoma having an elevated risk for future melanoma and the use of gene expression profiling to identify metastasis risk.
Source: Healio
Ipilimumab
improves 5-year survival rate in advanced melanoma
- The addition of ipilimumab to dacarbazine doubled 5-year survival in treatment-naive patients with advanced melanoma, according to results of a randomized, controlled phase 3 trial.
Source: Healio
Frontline
Therapy for BRAF-Mutated Unresectable Melanoma
- Several factors can be utilized to determine the optimal treatment for patients with BRAF-mutated unresectable melanoma, explains Anna Pavlick, DO. Outside of BRAF status, treatment can be tailored using the volume of disease, rate of progression, symptoms, and LDH level.
Source: Onc
Live
Pilots'
union to support melanoma charities
- The UK’s pilots' union is to support Melanoma UK and Melanoma Focus in an effort to support pilots affected by the disease.
Source: Travel
weekly
Study
Shows Castle Biosciences’ Noninvasive Skin Melanoma Gene Test Improves Accuracy
of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Predicting Metastasis
- Castle Biosciences Inc. today announced the publication of a clinical study showing that its gene expression profile (GEP) test for cutaneous (skin) melanoma improved the prognostic accuracy of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in identifying patients at high risk of their cancer spreading.
Source: Pharmiweb
Sun Damage
Causes Genetic Changes That Predispose Children and Adolescents to Melanoma
- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital—Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project has identified the genetic basis of three pediatric melanoma subtypes; findings could lead to better diagnosis and treatment.
Source: News
Wise
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Novel
Risk Score Could Identify Melanoma Risk
- A novel risk score may be able to identify patients who are at risk for developing melanoma, according to a recent study published online ahead of print in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
Source: Cancer
therapy advisor
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New-look
Melanoma New Zealand geared up to fight disease
- New-look Melanoma New Zealand geared up to fight disease. The Melanoma Foundation of New Zealand has had a makeover, this month unveiling a new name and an overhaul of the organisation’s branding.
Source: Scoop
Treating Melanoma with the Help of
Chromatography
- Most people enjoy some time in the sun and while a little sunlight is good for us — helping to generate vitamin D — too much sun can be harmful. The sting of sunburnt skin is painful, but the effects of too much sun can also result in something far more serious — melanoma and possibly death.
Source: Chromatography
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