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19 Jul 2024

Unveiling Melanoma: Understanding the Hidden Truths of Skin Cancer

Among these concerns, melanoma—a type of skin cancer—poses a significant threat but often goes unnoticed. Many individuals are unaware of the risks and signs associated with this serious condition, leading to late diagnoses and more severe health consequences.

06 Sep 2023

Men More Likely To Develop ‘Melanoma’ Skin Cancer? Here’s What Study Claims

Risk factors contributing to this include more lifetime sun burns, tanning bed use, and being tanned.

19 Nov 2018

Trump is melanoma: Jim Carrey

Carrey said he was an "incredibly dangerous" threat to Homeland Security.

10 Jan 2018

Beta blockers may increase survival rates of melanoma patients

Patients with metastatic melanoma, or melanoma that has spread to other parts of the body, often have a poor prognosis, and while some forms of immunotherapy -- treatments that boost the body's immune system to fight disease -- are promising, response rates are less than 35 per cent.

20 Dec 2017

New hope for skin cancer in the form of arthritis drug?

Although only five percent of skin cancer cases involve melanoma, it causes the majority of deaths from the disease.

13 Dec 2017

Blood test to diagnose two cancer types is here

They used mid-infrared spectroscopy to analyse blood serum derived from experimental mice and differentiate mice with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and subcutaneous melanoma from healthy mice and also between these two tumorous conditions.

11 Sep 2017

New treatment halts melanoma in its tracks: Study

Researchers from the Melanoma Institute Australia conducted two international clinical trials.

23 Aug 2017

Artificial Intelligence system may help detect melanoma skin cancer

A team of researchers are developing an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based system that might help detect melanoma skin cancer early.

28 Jul 2017

Doctors remove 98 cancerous tumours from 46-year-old man's brain

The father of two was diagnosed with aggressive melanoma in 2011 after feeling a bump on his scalp.

28 Jul 2017

Skin cancer: Broccoli and cauliflower may help cure deadly melanoma

Melanoma, which is caused by exposure to UV rays, is the most common and most deadly form of skin cancer.

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05 Jul 2017

Patients with Parkinson's disease have high risk of melanoma: Study

Accoding to researchers from Mayo Clinic, patients with Parkinson's were roughly four times more likelier to have had a history of melanoma than those without the disease.

09 Apr 2017

Love white wine? Drinking it could increase your risk of developing skin cancer!

Overall alcohol intake was associated with a 14 percent higher risk of melanoma per drink per day.

16 Jan 2017

Sunbeds can increase melanoma skin cancer risk

A new research claims that sunbeds may put people at increased risk of melanoma - the most dangerous type of skin cancer.

05 Jan 2017

Novel drug may stop melanoma spread

About 10,000 people are estimated to die each year from melanoma, which spreads throughout the body quickly and attacks distant organs such as the brain and lungs.

13 Jul 2016

How 'red hair' gene raises skin cancer risk!

The findings by researchers from Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and University of Leeds in the UK showed that even a single copy of a red hair-associated MC1R gene variant increased the number of mutations in melanoma skin cancer; the most serious form of skin cancer.

27 Jun 2016

This summer, fight Melanoma with some simple tricks!

Thankfully this form of skin cancer is curable but early detection is a solution.

05 Apr 2016

Anti-oxidants more effective for elderly with skin cancer

Cells found in the skin help the skin recovery from injuries, and can contribute to the growth and invasion of melanoma cells.

13 Mar 2016

Viagra puts you at increased skin cancer risk

The popular erectile dysfunction (ED) drug Viagra not only helps boost a man's performance in the bedroom, but also can spike the growth of skin cancer, according to a recent study.

12 Jan 2016

New blood test to track skin cancer

Researchers have found out a new blood test that can closely track metastatic melanoma -- one of the most aggressive forms of skin cancer.

Health news 2015

17 Dec 2015

Top medical breakthroughs in disease cure of 2015

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