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Army Hospital performs Gamma Knife Therapy on 38-year-old serving officer
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Army Hospital (Research & Referral), New Delhi, successfully performed Gamma Knife Therapy to treat Ocular Choroidal Melanoma in a 38-year-old serving officer -- the first-ever such procedure in the Armed Forces, said the Ministry of Defence on Saturday.
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Long-term metastatic melanoma survival dramatically improves on immunother
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Long-term data from a landmark international trial show that about half of patients with metastatic melanoma treated with a combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors live cancer-free for 10 years or more, according to a new report from Weill Cornell Medicine and Dana-Farber Cancer Centre i
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Long-term metastatic melanoma survival significantly improves with treatme
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
According to a new report from Weill Cornell Medicine and Dana-Farber Cancer Centre investigators and their colleagues, long-term data from a landmark international trial show that approximately half of patients with metastatic melanoma treated with a combination of immune checkpoint inhibit
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Study finds how skin cancer occurrence in young adults declines
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
A recent study suggested that the risk of malignant melanoma, or skin cancer, may be declining in Sweden, at least for people under the age of 50.
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Researchers give insight into novel therapeutics developent for metastatic
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Researcher Paul Dent of Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology found that tumours that have metastasized to distant locations, such as the brain, are most often impossible to treat and cure, despite recent successes in some tumour types such as NS
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Study reveals how cancer drug helps to restore immune system's ability to
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A group led by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin has discovered a brand-new, bio-inspired medication that restores the capability of immune cells to combat cancer. The medication increases the effectiveness of immunotherapy and inhibits tumour growth in mice models of melanoma,
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Study reveals why high income individuals are more prone to develop melano
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A new study sponsored by McGill University analyses why people living in Atlantic regions are more prone than other Canadians to get melanoma, delivering lessons on skin cancer prevention for the entire country.
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Study reveals why men, wealthy people are more likely to develop skin canc
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A new study sponsored by McGill University investigates why persons living in Atlantic regions are more likely to develop melanoma than other Canadians, providing lessons on skin cancer prevention for the entire country.
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Electrical activity between skin cells may influence melanoma initiation:
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In preclinical studies, the transfer of a neurotransmitter from melanocytes to keratinocytes altered electrical activity and encouraged the onset of melanoma
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Electrical impulses between skin cells affect development of melanoma: Stu
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
According to a study, the transfer of a neurotransmitter from one type of skin cell to another (melanocytes to keratinocytes) changed electrical activity and enhanced melanoma start in preclinical animals.
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Study reveals how melanoma evade immune system, helps in treatments
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Sanford Burnham Prebys' recent study has contributed to the understanding of how melanoma circumvents the immune system and may help in the development of future treatments for the condition. A protein that is known to be active in immune cells is also active inside melanoma cells, the study
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Faecal transplants show potential to improve melanoma treatment: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A multi-centre study from Lawson Health Research Institute, the Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM), and the Jewish General Hospital (JGH) found that faecal microbiota transplants (FMT) from healthy donors are safe and show promise in improving response to immunotherapy in
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