TUESDAY, July 24 (Healthday News) -- Those who bronze themselves in tanning beds face a 20 percent increased risk of Skin Cancer, and that raised risk reaches 87 percent if they start before they are 35 years old, new research indicates. read more..
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| A report blames some 800 melanoma deaths in Europe every year on indoor tanning |
Sunbed users run a 20 percent higher risk than non-users of developing skin cancer, according to a report that blamed some 800 melanoma deaths in Europe every year on indoor tanning. read more..
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| Two new experimental treatments against advanced melanoma have shown promise in keeping deadly skin cancer at bay |
Two new experimental treatments against advanced melanoma have shown promise in keeping the deadly skin cancer at bay, according to research presented in the United States on Monday. read more..
FRIDAY, May 18 (Healthday News) -- Older men have an increased risk of developing Melanoma, but most are careless about sun protection and do not know how to properly check themselves for signs of skin cancer, a new survey reveals. read more..
(Reuters) - Two drugs being developed by GlaxoSmithKline Plc - each designed to block different pathways used by cancer cells - have been shown in a small clinical trial to curb Melanoma with fewer side effects than current therapies. The experimental drugs are dabrafenib, designed to work in patients with a mutation of a gene known as BRAF, and trametinib, which interferes with a protein known as MEK. The drug combination was tested in patients with advanced melanoma and a mutation in the BRAF gene. About half of all melanomas - the deadliest form of Skin Cancer - have the genetic aberration. ... read more..
WEDNESDAY, May 9 (Healthday News) -- Researchers have completed the first genome sequencing of Melanoma, an aggressive and frequently fatal form of skin cancer. read more..
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Melanoma Skin Cancer
Melanoma symptoms include a change in the shape, size, or color of a mole, but melanomas can also look like a bruise that doesn't heal or a dark streak under a finger or toenail. Excess sun is linked to melanoma risk. read more..
In recognition of Melanoma Monday, find a free skin cancer screening near you and learn how to protect yourself against this dangerous disease. Fess up, do you use sunscreen every day?
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Women diagnosed with Melanoma are more likely to survive the skin cancer than men and less likely to have it recur, according to a European study. read more..
TUESDAY, May 1 (Healthday News) -- When it comes to surviving the skin cancer known as Melanoma, nature appears to have dealt women a better hand than men, new research suggests. read more..
(Reuters) - Despite earlier indications that people taking cholesterol-lowering Statins might have a reduced risk of developing Melanoma, a study of thousands of women found that the popular drugs do nothing to prevent the Deadly Skin Cancer. Evidence from experiments on cells and one trial in people had suggested some of the same properties of statins that protect against Heart Disease might also prevent melanoma, the most lethal type of skin cancer. ... read more..
WEDNESDAY, March 7 (Healthday News) -- Combining the immune-based drug ipilimumab with targeted radiation therapy improved one advanced Melanoma patient's ability to fight the deadly skin cancer, a new study says. read more..
THURSDAY, March 1 (Healthday News) -- People who take vitamin A supplements might be cutting their risk of developing the deadly skin cancer Melanoma, a new study suggests. read more..
Vitamin A supplements could reduce the risk of developing the deadly Skin CancerMelanoma, according to a new study. The results show that people takingvitamin A were 60 percent less likely to develop melanoma over the six-year study. read more..
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| A doctor examines a patient for symptoms of skin cancer in Florida in 2011 |
A new drug to treat advanced skin cancer, or metastatic melanoma, has been shown to nearly double average survival time in a study of more than 130 patients, researchers said Wednesday. read more..
By Linda ThrasybuleMyHealthNewsDailyZelboraf, a drug used to treat advanced cases of the deadly skin cancer Melanoma, nearly doubles the length of patients' lives, a new study has found. read more..
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 (Healthday News) -- Melanoma that has spread to other areas of the body is almost always fatal, but a new drug appears to double survival for those with a certain type of this skin cancer, researchers report. read more..
