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Cancer Institute Of New Jersey Receives Nearly $768,000 To Investigate A New Therapeutic Path Against Melanoma

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:11:02 +0100

With 2,300 New Jersey residents diagnosed with melanoma this year, the Garden State ranks sixth in the nation in new cases of the disease, according to the American Cancer Society. It is that statistic on which a scientist at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) hopes to have impact, thanks to a $768,000 grant awarded by the American Cancer Society to study melanoma development.

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Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:22:11 +0100

Instant Home Tests: Variety Home and Workplace Drug Testing Kits, Tests for Cancer, HIV and AIDS, Fertility Testing Kits and more ...

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Surgical treatments and information on Melanoma.

Melanoma is the only early detectable cancer where death rates are rising, but the number of people being screened is staying the same. Susan Swetter, MD, explained updated information on melanoma surgical treatments and prevention in the August 2004 issue of Dermatology Times. Surgical studies ...

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Tumor Suppressor Gene: Gene Function 'Lost' In Melanoma And Glioblastoma

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:32:03 +0100

Researchers have found a gene they say is inactivated in two aggressive cancers - malignant melanoma, a form of skin cancer, and glioblastoma multiforme, a lethal brain tumor. They add that because this gene, known as PTPRD, has recently been found to be inactivated in several other cancers as well, their discovery suggests that PTPRD may play a tumor suppressor role in a wide variety of ...

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Researchers find gene function 'lost' in melanoma and glioblastoma

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:26:50 +0100

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have found a gene they say is inactivated in two aggressive cancers - malignant melanoma, a form of skin cancer, and glioblastoma multiforme, a lethal brain tumor. They add that because this gene, known as PTPRD, has recently been found to be inactivated in several other cancers as well, their discovery suggests that PTPRD may play a tumor ...

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GUMC researchers find gene function 'lost' in melanoma and glioblastoma

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:28:33 +0100

( Georgetown University Medical Center ) Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have found a gene they say is inactivated in two aggressive cancers - malignant melanoma, a form of skin cancer, and glioblastoma multiforme, a lethal brain tumor. They add that because this gene, known as PTPRD, has recently been found to be inactivated in several other cancers as well, their discovery ...

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Delcath Systems enrols first fifty percent in trial treating metastatic cutaneous and ocular melanoma to the liver (News-Medical-Net)

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:03:57 +0100

Delcath Systems, Inc. has announced that the first fifty percent (46 of 92) of patients have been enrolled in the Phase III clinical trial treating metastatic cutaneous and ocular melanoma to the liver.

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Coolibar and Children's Melanoma Prevention Foundation Recognized for Teaching Teens Sun Safety

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:55:00 +0100

Mary Barrow and Maryellen Maguire-Eisen to Receive an American Academy of Dermatology Gold Triangle Award for books "Pretty Prom" and "Lake Vacation."

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Fighting Melanoma

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:42:03 +0100

MIAMI - A young Florida man is fighting for his life after a second brush with cancer.

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Circulating tumor cells in melanoma: a review of the literature and description of a novel technique.

Melanoma is a prevalent and deadly disease with limited therapeutic options. Current prognostic factors are unable to adequately guide treatment. Circulating tumor cells are a disease-specific factor that can be used as a prognostic variable to guide therapy. Most research to date has focused on ...

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Is that mole friend or foe?

Malignant melanoma has increased 1,000 percent over the past 50 years. This dramatic increase in the number of cases of melanoma-type skin cancer is one of the main reasons it is so important to determine if that mole on your skin is a friend or foe . Currently it is ...

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The prevention, diagnosis, referral and management of melanoma of the skin: concise guidelines

ABSTRACT - Melanoma of the skin is an increasingly common tumour, which often has a slow early growth rate during which curable lesions may be detected and removed. Physicians therefore have the potential to reduce mortality and this guideline is intended to promote early diagnosis of melanoma. The ...

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MELANOMA 2001.

Cutaneous melanoma is a national and world-wide public health concern. Available statistics show an increase in the rate and prevalence of cutaneous melanoma. Physicians of all specialties can expect to participate in the care of melanoma patients. There have been several excellent reviews ...

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Melanoma

Melanoma Definition Malignant melanoma is a type of cancer arising from the melanocyte cells of the skin. The melanocytes are cells in the skin that produce the pigment melanin. Malignant melanoma develops when the melanocytes no longer respond to normal control mechanisms of cellular growth and ...

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