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- Experimental drugs aim to tackle melanoma 'escape route'
Manchester researchers are developing a new generation of targeted melanoma drugs that could bypass treatment resistance seen with current therapies.
Source: CR UK
- Ocular Melanoma: Are You Aware of This Eye Cancer? (US)
I never even knew ocular melanoma existed. I was aware of skin cancer, but never knew that people could get cancer in their eyes. The fact is that not many people do. Ocular melanoma is a very rare cancer, with only about six in 1 million people diagnosed per year.
Source: Huffington Post
- Study finds melanoma and prostate cancer a risk for firefighters (AUS)
Firefighters are at greater risk of developing some cancers, compared to the Australian public, a study has found.
Source: Medical Xpress
- Choroidal Melanoma in Children: Be Aware of Risks
The authors describe a case of choroidal melanoma in a 13-year-old girl treated with plaque brachytherapy.
Source: Healio
Tragedy as man, 24, dies just eight months after doctors diagnosed skin cancer in mole triggered by Turkish holiday
A man who developed skin cancer after getting sunburnt in Turkey has died - just 18 months after returning from his holiday.
Source: Daily Mail
- New targeted drugs could treat drug-resistant skin cancer
A brand new family of cancer drugs designed to block several key cancer-causing proteins at once could potentially treat incurable skin cancers, a major new study reports.
Source: Eurekalert
- Science & Society: Sunlight, sunbeds and skin cancer (US)
One American dies every hour from melanoma, the most common of the skin cancers. And a major tragedy is it is largely preventable.
But “everyone knows” it’s due to exposure to sunlight, so why devote a column to it at the beginning of winter? I assure you, there are reasons.
Source: Herald Extra
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