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April 2016: The risk of developing cancer increases with age as accumulated damage to the cells and chronic inflammation arise over time. In…
Tumors contain the seeds of their own destruction. We just need to work out how to activate them. The rise of immunotherapy…
We send our children off to college hoping they receive a good education and make lifelong friends. But many of our nation’s…
Melanoma News Today – Nevus-associated melanomas, or melanomas that are associated with a mole, are less likely to have an adverse histopathology…
A STRETCHABLE PATCH THAT MONITORS SUN EXPOSURE If you purchase La Roche-Posay sunscreen this summer, it may come with a complimentary device…
Cosmopolitan (2016): If you’re lucky enough to find yourself on a beach sometime this winter, you might be inclined to “prep” your skin for…
In the quest to avoid potentially harmful chemicals in commercial sunscreens; bloggers, parents, and marketers have been rekindling the notion of “natural…
Uveal melanoma involves the eye’s iris, ciliary body, or choroid. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug designation to…
NC STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS: Biomedical engineering researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have…
The relationship between exercise and cancer has long both intrigued and puzzled oncologists and exercise physiologists. Exercise is strongly associated with lowered…
