Posts Tagged ‘melanoma’

Genome may show why platyfish get cancer

WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — The decoded genome of a popular aquarium fish could help explain why they are prone to developing melanomas and how they evolved a set of complex behaviors. Continue…

Monday, April 22, 2013 16:32 - 0 Comments

Health & Medicine - Apr 9, 2013 15:39 - 2 Comments

Melanoma cases rise among kids, teens

WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — The incidence of melanoma among children and teens has been significantly increasing in the US from 1973-2009—an average of 2 percent per year, report researchers. (more…)

Obesity gene linked to skin cancer risk

U. LEEDS (UK) — The gene most strongly associated with obesity may also increase the risk of malignant melanoma—the most deadly skin cancer. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 23, 2013 13:05 - 0 Comments

With mutated gene, eye tumors less deadly

WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Melanomas that develop in the eye often are fatal, but tumors with a specific mutated gene are less likely to spread and turn deadly. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 17, 2013 13:52 - 0 Comments

Smartphone apps miss skin cancers

U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Smartphone apps that claim to monitor skin lesions for the likelihood of cancer often return inaccurate information and could delay timely, life-saving treatment, a new study shows. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Aug 28, 2012 14:49 - 3 Comments

Light skin may not mean more cancer

PENN STATE (US) — An indigenous tribe from Malaysia may help scientists discover why East Asians have light skin but lower skin cancer rates than Europeans. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 9, 2012 11:27 - 3 Comments

Device spots melanoma cell by cell

U. MISSOURI (US) — A new photoacoustic device will detect melanoma long before tumors develop, say researchers. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 23, 2011 11:40 - 0 Comments

Block protein to curb melanoma’s spread

UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Melanoma develops when cells called melanoblasts experience uncontrolled growth. Now researchers have identified a protein that is key to the cells’ movement. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Aug 9, 2011 10:51 - 1 Comment

Node biopsy safe for head, neck cancers

U. MICHIGAN (US) — A common procedure is not only safe for diagnosing melanomas in the head and neck, but can also help determine the most effective course of treatment. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Apr 15, 2011 16:55 - 0 Comments

Zebrafish lead way to melanoma gene

CORNELL (US) — Discovery of a new gene may open a path to advanced drug targets to help treat melanoma, an aggressive skin cancer, responsible for about 8,700 deaths each year. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 25, 2011 9:59 - 0 Comments

Gene suspected in certain skin cancers

U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — The discovery of a gene that plays a role in susceptibility to nonmelanoma skin cancer could lead to novel strategies for its prevention. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 16, 2010 10:38 - 0 Comments

Shifting melanomas play hide and seek

U. MICHIGAN (US) — Melanoma tumor cells are able to switch various genes on and off, in a stealthy, shape-shifting attempt to avoid researchers seeking new treatments. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Aug 6, 2010 11:34 - 0 Comments

Vacation tanning may raise skin cancer risk

U. LEEDS (UK)—Attempting to get a quick tan during summer vacation—especially after being covered up for most of the rest of the year—is a sure way to raise the risk of melanoma, a serious form of skin cancer that can spread rapidly. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jul 12, 2010 16:38 - 5 Comments

Is indoor tanning ever safe?

U. MINNESOTA (US)—The largest study of its kind definitively links the use of indoor tanning devices to increased risk of melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer. (more…)

Health & Medicine - May 18, 2010 10:27 - 0 Comments

Tan addicts worry about wrinkles, not cancer

NORTHWESTERN (US)—Young women in a recent study were more likely to cut back on indoor tanning based on concerns about getting leathery, wrinkled skin, rather than worries about skin cancer. (more…)