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July is UV Safety Month: Protect and Repair Your Skin
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 5, 2009
...the sun.
The American Skincare Society estimates that more than 60,000 people are diagnosed with melanoma each year.
mySpaShop.com , the premier on-line spa lifestyle resource, celebrates UV Safet...
Eight Genes That Help Predict Patients Response to Melanoma Treatment
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 31, 2009
... A group of researchers have identified eight genes that help predict a melanoma patient's response to treatment .
Dr. Tawbi and his colleagues examined the tumor tissues of 21 patients with ...
The Power Of Two By Brian and Gerri Monaghan
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 20, 2009
..., a fifty-nine-year-old lawyer at the top of his game, got the news that all of us dread - Stage IV melanoma had metastasized to his brain; he was given three to six months to live. That night Brian a...
Dream Wedding, Won By Cancer Survivor
in White Lace Wedding, on July 16, 2008
...actually in a state of shock right now," Dempsey said.
Dempsey was diagnosed with late-stage melanoma four years ago and doctors told her she had less than a year to live. She survived beyond th...
Posh zeigt Haut
in Feschsamma, on 30.01.08
... gerufen wurde diese Kampagnie von Robery Duffy, um Spenden für "The Interdisciplinary Melanoma Cooperative Group " zu sammeln.
Posh Spice ist allerdings nicht die Erste, die für diesen Gut...
Unhealthy Lifestyle Fuels Increasing Cancer Rates
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 9, 2007
...dous rise in cancers linked to excessive sun exposure, alcohol, smoking and obesity:
Rates of melanoma (the most dangerous form of skin cancer) increased by over 40 per cent in the past dec...
Skin Cancer Doesn't Need Sunshine to Happen! May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month! BE AWARE!
in Cool Picking, on May 4, 2007
...egardless if it's sunny or rainy or overcast.
Every 67 minutes someone in the U.S. dies of melanoma ; an astounding statistic for a disease which is nearly 100 percent curable when caugh...
Tanning and Skin Cancer
in Well Woman Blog, on April 15, 2007
...or the summer sun. Tanning beds do the job just as well.
Too much sun, unfortunately, can cause melanoma or skin cancer. How about tanning beds? Are they safe? The PSL Group warns:
Data fr...
Brown Algae Polyphenols May Protect Against Skin Cancer
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 29, 2007
... study has been published in the Dec. 15 issue of the International Journal of Cancer .
[Photo: melanoma , Source: NCI ]
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Vitespen (Oncophage) Vaccine Shows Promising Results Against Glioma
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 17, 2006
...d fast track and orphan drug designations from the Food and Drug Administration, in both metastatic melanoma (skin cancer) and renal cell carcinoma ( kidney cancer).
More details of the clinical...
$1 Million Grant to Develop Topical Cream Against UV Damage
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 6, 2006
...in cancer in general, especially those with fair skin, and might ultimately reduce the incidence of melanoma and prevent its recurrence in highly susceptible individuals."
Previous studies have ...
Medicinally-Induced Tan Using Forskohlii Derivative
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 22, 2006
...t from the sun," says the study's senior author, David E. Fisher, MD, PhD, director of the Melanoma Program at Dana-Farber and a professor in pediatrics at Children's Hospital Boston.
F...
Genetic Diagnostic Test to Predict Ocular Cancer Metastasis to the Liver
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 15, 2006
...versity School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a genetic diagnostic test to predict whether melanoma of the eye will spread to the liver, where it quickly turns deadly. The test is based on tw...
Treating Advanced Melanoma With Gene Therapy
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 5, 2006
...cer Institute researchers are making advances on the use of gene therapy to treat advanced melanoma , the most serious and aggressive type of skin cancer. The procedure uses autologous lympho...
High-Sensitivity Blood-Based Detection of Breast Cancer Using Multi Photon Detection Diagnostic Proteomics
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 30, 2006
...ons. It may also be applied to other epithelial cancers such as prostate cancer, ovarian cancer and melanoma.
The scientific manuscript describing the above study can be found here or for an overv...
Vaccinoma Hopes To Raise $17M from IPO
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 28, 2006
...public offering (IPO) starting on May 4, 2006. The funds will be used to produce and prepare a melanoma cancer vaccine for Phase 3 clinical trials. Previous studies in the US show that the vaccin...
Genetic Diagnostic Tests: A Growing Market
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 17, 2006
...AP for hereditary colorectal and endometrial cancer; and MELARIS for inherited susceptibility to melanoma and pancreatic cancer. Price (BRACAnalysis): $3,000
Monogram Biosciences offers HIV assa...
Turmeric: Potential Cure for Cancer, Cystic Fibrosis and Alzheimer's Disease?
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 6, 2006
...sity of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center have shown that the spice blocks growth of a skin cancer, melanoma, and inhibits the spread of breast cancer into the lungs.
The active component of turmeri...
Tanning beds and skin cancer
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 15, 2005
...Newport Beach, California. "It was a little darker."
It turned out to be not a mole, but melanoma, a potentially deadly form of skin cancer. It was localized and she didn't need chemoth...
A fetus continues to live inside her mother who is in a vegetative state
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 21, 2005
...ewed hope.
The woman, Susan Torres, 26, lost consciousness from a stroke on May 7 after aggressive melanoma spread to her brain.
Her husband, Jason Torres, said doctors told him his wife's brain...