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Many college and professional teams have strict appearance rules for cheerleaders, including that they must maintain a tanned look. Some teams even…
MELANOMA NEWS TODAY: Researchers have identified a cellular pathway that regulates the ability of melanoma cells to migrate to other parts of the…
Findings show that the metastatic potential of a cancer may be dependent on what we eat, since the newly identified factor depends on fat to do its work.
January 6, 2017: Despite increased efforts to raise public awareness about the prevention and early detection of melanoma, a growing proportion of…
An age restriction on indoor tanning could save thousands of lives and millions of dollars, according to new research published online in…
Melanoma News Today: Therapies that target elements of the immune system or certain pathways active in cancer cells, in combination with radiation…
Melanoma News Today: Advanced-stage cutaneous head and neck melanomas are diagnosed more often on the scalp or back of the neck than toward the front of…
Isaiah Mainer recently took part in the Pediatric and Adolescent Melanoma Referral Clinic created for children who were treated at other institutions.…
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…
