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Immunotherapy Combo Improves Melanoma That Has Spread to Brain

Researchers have recently made progress in understanding what causes some types of resistance to immunotherapies.

Firefighting has long been linked to cancer, especially mesothelioma and other cancers of the lungs.

Patients treated with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes saw a 50% reduction in disease progression or death.

May is National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month.

Starting Keytruda before surgery improves the outlook for patients with Stage III-IV melanoma.

Refining algorithms by incorporating more images of people of color can teach AI to better diagnose melanoma and other skin cancers.

The combination of target drugs Tafinlar-Mekinist is approved for nearly any type of advanced solid tumor that has the BRAF gene mutation.

Melanoma, a potentially deadly type of skin cancer, is often more fatal in men than women. Androgen receptors may play a role.

The clinical trial was offered to her as an equal – and potentially better – option to FDA approved treatments and surgery.

With a better understanding of why certain NRAS mutants are linked to melanoma, researchers can target functions exclusive to these proteins

This is the first investigational therapy in a Phase III trial to improve overall survival in uveal melanoma,” a cancer of the eye.

Their startup, Modern Ritual, offers skin care products and an at-home skin cancer screening that uses dermascopes and cell phones.

A new report tracks the most prominent cancers for men and women and finds substantial racial disparities in cancer treatment.

Camille Price’s life changed when a small spot on her ear was diagnosed as Stage 3 melanoma. Next came targeted therapy—and a marathon.

Despite its frequent grey and rainy weather, Oregon is among the top ten states with the highest rates of new melanoma skin cancer.

A new study in mice suggests that it is an important step for cancer metastasis, and details how that happens.