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Study finds how new antibody can target and cure melanomas
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
For combating the most aggressive type of skin cancer, a new class of immunotherapy has shown encouraging results.
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Study finds why moles become melanomas
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 28 (ANI): Melanocytes are cells that give colour to the skin to protect it from the sun's rays. Specific changes to the DNA sequence of melanocytes, called BRAF gene mutations, are found in over 75 per cent of moles. The same change is also found in 50 per cent of m
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Researchers study why moles become melanomas
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Utah [US], November 24 (ANI): Moles and melanomas, which come from the same cell called melanocytes, are similar in nature as they both are skin tumours.
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Patients with high-risk local melanomas benefit from immunotherapy drug: S
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], September 20 (ANI): According to the results of an international, randomized phase III clinical trial led by UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, immunotherapy called pembrolizumab reduced cancer recurrence after surgery in patients with stage IIb and IIc melanoma.
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Queensland study suggests quarter of population underestimates skin cancer
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Queensland (Australia) [India], October 24 (ANI): Almost a quarter of the population here underestimates their risk of developing potentially deadly melanomas - with those at highest risk worst at predicting their chances of getting the skin cancers, reveals new research conducted in Queensl
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A quarter of population underestimates skin cancer risk: Queensland study
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Queensland (Australia) [India], October 20 (ANI): A research conducted in Queensland has revealed that almost a quarter of the population here underestimates their risk of developing potentially deadly melanomas - with those at highest risk worst at predicting their chances of getting the sk
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