melanoma

A team found that a metabolism-targeting drug called dichloroacetate (DCA) helped alleviate cancer-related fatigue in mice, without interfering with cancer treatments.

Malignant melanoma is a type of skin cancer that originates from melanocytes or nevi, causing about 80% of skin cancer–related deaths.

Cases of melanoma skin cancer have boomed among baby boomers – the generation born between 1946 and 1964 and now aged between 57–75 years old.

Melanoma is a deadly, but largely preventable, form of skin cancer.

Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that develops when the pigment-producing cells in the skin, called melanocytes, become cancerous.

Immunotherapies have greatly improved the outcomes of many patients with melanoma.

The mechanism of action of immune checkpoint inhibitors such as pembrolizumab is often described as “taking the brakes off” the immune system’s response to tumour cells.

In an advanced stage, 90% of melanoma (skin cancer) patients will develop brain metastases.

New data released shows that only 1 in 5 of the UK public are confident that they can identify the symptoms of melanoma skin cancer. 

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