Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that can spread rapidly to other areas. However, there are also slow-growing types that may develop over many years. Melanoma is not as common as other types of skin cancer. However, unlike other skin cancers, melanoma has a high risk of spreading to other areas, which makes it the most dangerous type.

How fast does melanoma spread?

While any single vitamin can't cure all types of ailments and diseases, there's one nutrient that has been shown to deliver incredible support for immune function time and time again: vitamin D. In a study published by Cancer (a peer-reviewed journal from the American Cancer Society), researchers discovered that sufficient...

Research Shows Vitamin D Enhances Cancer Treatment Outcomes

Allison Betof Warner, MD, PhD, joins Rahul Gosain, MD, and Rohit Gosain, MD, to discuss treatment practices for patients with stage IIB and beyond melanoma.

Treatment Algorithm for Stage IIB and Beyond Melanoma

Researchers have discovered a new pathway used by cancer cells to infiltrate the brain and developed a promising therapy that targets this pathway with CAR T cells. Their study showed significant preclinical success in increasing survival and eradicating tumors in animal models of glioblastoma and other brain cancers. A team...

Brain Cancer Breakthrough: New Therapy Destroys Glioblastoma in Recently Unveiled Pathway

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The recent study emphasizes the urgent need for advanced technologies to treat and potentially cure breast cancer.

Double Mastectomy Treatment May Not Increase Cancer Survival Rate, New Study Reveals

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People with type 2 diabetes who used glucagon-like peptide analogs such as Ozempic or Mounjaro had a lower risk for multiple types of cancer compared with those who used insulin, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open. Overweight and obesity have been linked to at least 13 types...

Weight-Loss Drugs May Prevent 10 Types of Cancer

Researchers have demonstrated that adding metastasis-directed radiation therapy to standard-of-care chemotherapy may improve progression-free survival in patients with oligometastatic pancreatic cancer, according to a recent study published by Ludmir et al in the Journal of Clinical Oncology and previously presented at the 2024 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium (Abstract 603). Background.

Metastasis-Directed Radiation Therapy Plus Chemotherapy in Oligometastatic Pancreatic Cancer

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(Reuters) -Merck said on Thursday it had discontinued a trial testing a combination immunotherapy treatment in patients with a type of lung cancer after an interim analysis showed the drug was unlikely to succeed.

Merck stops testing combo drug for lung cancer

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The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

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Hollywood child stardom has taken its toll on many actors through the decades. Lani O'Grady, for one, found fame in the 1970s on the TV family series, Eight is Enough. O'Grady followed in the footsteps of her brother, actor Don Grady, an original Mouseketeer and member of another popular TV family show: My Three Sons. Their mother, Mary B. Grady, was a talent agent who represented several child actors. But Lani, who would also eventually become an agent, died in 2001 just one week before what would have been her 47th birthday.

TV's 'Eight is Enough' Star Lani O'Grady Found Fame Early in Life but Died a Tragic Death

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Hard palate cancer is rare and forms on the roof of your mouth. Learn more.

What to Know About Hard Palate Cancer

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College freshman Mari Tisera was 19 years old when she noticed changes to a tiny birthmark on her toe — suddenly she learned her toe needed to be amputated and soon after that, she was facing an advanced stage melanoma diagnosis.

College Teen’s Tiny Birthmark on Toe Quickly Turned Into Advanced Stage Melanoma, ‘It Was a Total Shock,’ Parents Say as They Honor Their Late ‘Princess’ By Warning Other Families

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University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences. In a new study, a molecule identified and synthesized by UCLA Health researchers was shown to restore cognitive functions in mice with symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease by effectively jumpstarting the brain's memory circuitry. If proven to have similar effects in humans,...

Molecule restores cognition, memory in Alzheimer’s disease model mice

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Scientists Get to the Bottom of COVID’s Worst Pediatric Complication. Study reveals a mechanism behind multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, some children fought off COVID with few, if any, symptoms, only to go into organ failure a few weeks later. Most recovered after...

Scientists get to the bottom of COVID's worst pediatric complication

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Researchers found that, in 19 commonly used blood tests, abnormal results were linked to a higher risk of cancer within a year.
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Study finds routine blood tests could speed up cancer diagnosis

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) has issued a health alert to clinicians statewide following reports of severe acute illnesses and adverse effects of consuming Diamond Shruumz™ brand chocolate bars, cones, and gummies. The warning comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received reports of serious health issues linked to these mushroom-containing edible products.

Tennessee Health Alert: Severe Illnesses Linked to Diamond Shruumz™ Products

R-ICE is a treatment for non-Hodgkin’s and Hodgkin’s lymphoma. It combines four chemotherapy drugs that kill cancer cells and is often used prior to a stem cell transplant. R-ICE is a chemotherapy protocol that combines a variety of drugs that aim to destroy cancer cells. It’s given in...

What Is the R-ICE Chemotherapy Protocol?

A high number of adverse events were reported in a late-stage trial conducted by Merck for treatment in lung cancer. Merck announced today that it would be discontinuing its late-stage trial for vibostolimab/pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy for patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC).1 The anti–PD-1 therapy was being compared with atezolizumab in combination with chemotherapy in the KeyVibe-008 trial (NCT05224141). However, patients on vibostolimab/pembrolizumab had a higher rate of adverse events (AEs) and immune-related AEs compared with the control arm, leading to its discontinuation.

Late-Stage Vibostolimab, Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy Trial Discontinued Due to Adverse Events

ARLINGTON, Va. (August 7, 2024) — Family members of patients recently discharged from the hospital may have a higher risk of getting an antibiotic-resistant infection, often called a superbug, even if the patient was not diagnosed with the same infection, suggesting hospitals play a role in the community spread of resistant bacteria, according to study in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

Superbugs spread to family members of recently hospitalized patients

Study shows efficacy of olanzapine in improving complete response rates and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients receiving moderately emetogenic chemotherapy regimens comprised of oxaliplatin, carboplatin, or irinotecan. A Phase III trial found that adding olanzapine to moderately emetogenic chemotherapy (MEC) regimens consisting of oxaliplatin, carboplatin, or irinotecan, boosted rates...

Addition of Olanzapine Improves Complete Response, Nausea and Vomiting Prevention in Chemotherapy-Naive Patients

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TCR CDR3s and renalase-1 linked to increased melanoma survival

“These findings indicate that renalase-1 is a potential antigen for TCR recognition in melanoma and could be considered as a target for immunotherapy.”. BUFFALO, NY- August...

TCR CDR3s and renalase-1 linked to increased melanoma survival

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