Melanoma Staging: Evidence-Based Changes in the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Eighth Edition Cancer Staging Manual...
Leggi tuttoA study revealing a connection between circulating tumour cells (CTCs) and relapse in patients with stage IV melanoma points to liquid biopsy as a potential predictor of patients at high risk for disease progression...
Leggi tuttoA study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD) underscores the importance of early detection and treatment of melanoma...
Leggi tuttoBy carefully tracing a line of at least 2 mm outside of and around the edges of individual dysplastic nevi, physicians can remove all of its cells and avert the need for a second surgery...
Leggi tuttoAdjuvant vemurafenib provides significantly improved disease-free survival (DFS) and distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS) compared with placebo in patients positive for the BRAFV600 mutation with completely resected stage IIC to III...
Leggi tuttoNivolumab demonstrates greater clinical benefit and superior safety compared with ipilimumab in patients with completely resected late-stage melanoma at high risk of recurrence...
Leggi tuttoWhile it's important to look for any suspicious spots on the skin, research published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology indicates that it's vital to check for new growths in order to detect melanoma, the deadliest f...
Leggi tuttoMany patients with melanoma need a sentinel-lymph-node biopsy to determine if cancer cells have spread there, but a positive finding doesn’t mean all the lymph nodes in the area must be removed, according to a study published in the ...
Leggi tuttoA new study published in the British Journal of Dermatology indicates that personalised melanoma genomic risk information can prompt discussions about skin cancer prevention and skin examinations with family and health professionals...
Leggi tuttoNew findings from a study published in JAMA Dermatology may improve detection of amelanotic melanoma. Researchers believe their findings could improve detection of this type of melanoma, which is more likely to be diagnosed at advanced...
Leggi tuttoUno scudo ai raggi ultravioletti è necessario, specie durante le ore più calde per prevenire i tumori della pelle. E a questo scopo le creme solari vanno scelte bene e usate bene. Però il sole non va visto come un nemico, perché i ...
Leggi tuttoIncidence of melanoma is not increased when the biologic agent tocilizumab is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a study presented here at the 2017 Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)...
Leggi tuttoLarotrectinib has demonstrated consistent and durable antitumor activity in tropomysin receptor kinase (TRK) fusion cancers, across a wide range of ages and tumour types, and was well-tolerated, according to a study presented here at t...
Leggi tuttoPatients who receive the standard surgical treatment for melanoma that has spread to one or more key lymph nodes do not live longer, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)...
Leggi tuttoThe tumour mutation load (TML) in a patient's cancer biopsy varies by age and the type of cancer, along with several other factors, according to a study that will be presented next month at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Socie...
Leggi tuttoÈ la forma di cancro della cute più aggressiva ma, se scoperta in tempo, può guarire definitivamente con la sola asportazione chirurgica. Una web-app per computer, tablet e smartphone aiuta a capire come riconoscerlo tempestivamente...
Leggi tuttoInizia oggi il Congresso Nazionale SIDeMaST: i dermatologi italiani discutono delle più recenti novità e degli sviluppi nel settore della ricerca e della clinica...
Leggi tuttoRevisione studi, benefici dovuti a proprietà anti-infiammatorie...
Leggi tuttoI tumori cutanei sono più frequenti di quelli di polmone, seno, prostata e colon messi insieme e complessivamente nel 2016 hanno fatto registrare in Italia quasi 180mila nuovi casi. Secondo le statistiche più recenti, una persona su ...
Leggi tuttoAdding indoximod to pembrolizumab improved response rates for patients with metastatic melanoma, according to interim results of a phase 2 study presented here on April 4 at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cance...
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