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Immunotherapy effective for rare melanoma, study finds
Dr. Antoni Ribas, senior author of the study and director of the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Tumour Immunology...
Derm City
Aug 182 min read


At-home melanoma detection? Microneedle skin patch under development
The newly designed ExoPatch, being removed from a sample of mouse skin, successfully distinguished melanoma from healthy skin in mice. A...
Allan Ryan
Aug 112 min read


Study shows EGFR inhibitors may be effective in melanoma that does not respond to standard treatments
A newly published study from NYU Langone Health and the Perlmutter Cancer Center suggests a promising avenue of treatment for patients...
Allan Ryan
Jul 282 min read
AI outperforms pathologists in quantifying tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes in melanoma
A multinational study led by Yale School of Medicine and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden has found that artificial intelligence...
Allan Ryan
Jul 212 min read


Most patients with advanced melanoma remain disease-free four years after pre-surgical immunotherapy
Elizabeth Burton, PhD. Photo courtesy The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center In a significant advance for the management of...
Allan Ryan
Jul 142 min read


Skin cancer rates growing among older males
Global maps of age-standardized incidence rate attributable to (A) cutaneous melanoma, (B) squamous cell carcinoma, and (C) basal cell...
John Evans
May 302 min read


Promising strategy could enhance treatment of melanoma subset
In a development that could alter the therapeutic landscape for a challenging subset of melanoma, scientists at the Moffitt Cancer Center...
Allan Ryan
Apr 282 min read


Melanoma rates growing among New Zealand’s Māori
Dr. Monique Mackenzie (Ngāti Tūwharetoa) Rates of melanoma skin cancer among the Māori population are growing in New Zealand, the nation...
John Evans
Apr 252 min read
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