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Melanoma

Related Topics:

• Cancer Cures? / Sunscreens

Popular Supplements:

• green tea / flaxseed / soy / vitamin A / vitamin D

Alternative News:

• Hypovitaminosis D Appears Common Among Skin Cancer Population - oncologystat.com, 5/12/08 - "Nearly all patients undergoing Mohs surgery for nonmelanoma skin cancer were found to be vitamin D deficient"
• Quercetin selectively inhibits bioreduction and enhances apoptosis in melanoma cells that overexpress tyrosinase - Nutr Cancer. 2007;59(2):258-68 - "quercetin can selectively sensitize Tyr+ expressing melanoma cells to apoptosis and may serve as an adjuvant to chemotherapy by enhancing cell death and interfering with GST-mediated drug resistance" - See quercetin products at iHerb.
• Coffee vs. Skin Cancer? - WebMD, 11/2/07 - "each daily cup of caffeinated coffee was associated with a 5% drop in the women's odds of reporting nonmelanoma skin cancer"
• Caffeine And Exercise Can Team Up To Prevent Skin Cancer - Science Daily, 7/30/07
• Study: Combo of exercise, caffeine can fight skin cancers - USA Today, 7/30/07
• Tea 'could cut skin cancer risk' - BBC News, 4/19/07 - "Those who drank two or more cups a day had a 65% lower risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma" - See Jarrow green tea at iHerb.
• Grape seed extract may protect against skin cancer - Nutra USA, 3/27/07
• Treatment of metastatic melanoma B16F10 by the flavonoids tangeretin, rutin, and diosmin - J Agric Food Chem. 2005 Aug 24;53(17):6791-7 - "The greatest reduction in the number of metastatic nodules (52%) was obtained with diosmin"
• Curry Spice May Fight Skin Cancer - WebMD, 7/11/05 - "curcumin, the yellow pigment found in the spice turmeric, kills and stops the growth of melanoma skin cancer cells in laboratory tests"
• Screening for Skin Cancer? - Dr. Weil, 7/26/04
• Fruity Ways to Fight Skin Cancer - WebMD, 10/29/03
• Preventing Skin Cancer: There's a Doctor in Your Kitchen, Household Items Like Aspirin and Green Tea Can Ward Off Cancer - WebMD, 4/30/01 - "Vitamin A ... Diet ... Green Tea ... Soybeans ... NSAIDS"

CME:

• Medscape melanoma CME courses
• Doctor's Guide melanoma CME courses
• Melanoma of the Head and Neck - UTMB at Galveston

General Information:

• Melanoma - American Academy of Family Physicians
• Melanoma - emedicine.com
• Melanoma - FamilyDoctor.org
• Malignant Melanoma - DermaDoctor.com
• Melanoma Vaccines - DermaDoctor.com
• Melanoma, A Survivor's Story - DermaDoctor.com
• Melanoma - Intelihealth
• Treatments for melanoma - Medifocus.com

Other News:

• Angiotensin Inhibitors And Receptor Blockers Linked To Lower Risk Of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer - Science Daily, 8/28/08 - "The group taking either an ACE inhibitor or ARBs had a 39 percent relative reduction in incidence of basal cell cancer and a 33 percent relative reduction in squamous cell cancers compared with nonusers"
• Moisturizers Up Skin Cancer in Mice - WebMD, 8/14/08 - "Five days a week, for 17 weeks, the researchers rubbed moisturizer into the animals' skin. The result: ... Dermabase increased the total number of tumors by 69% ... Dermovan increased the total number of tumors by 95% ... Eucerin increased the total number of tumors by 24% ... Vanicream increased the total number of tumors by 58%"
• Experimental Cancer Therapy Stops Man's Melanoma - WebMD, 6/19/08
• New Combination Therapy Safe, Promising For Melanoma Patients - Science Daily, 6/1/08
• Combination Therapy Packs 1-2 Punch Against Melanoma - Science Daily, 6/1/08
• Most Lethal Melanomas Are On Scalp And Neck - Science Daily, 4/21/08
• Melanoma Tumors Carry Enemy Within, Suggesting New Treatment Strategy - Science Daily, 11/20/07
• Once Ocular Melanoma Has Spread, New Drug Combination May Help - Science Daily, 9/4/07
• Immune Dysfunction In Melanoma Patients Identified - Science Daily, 5/8/97
• Gene Therapy Halts Skin Cancer - WebMD, 8/31/06
• Study Reports Significant Malignant Melanoma Survival Results With Natural Human Alpha Interferon - Doctor's Guide, 6/20/06
• New Melanoma Guidelines Put Emphasis on Biopsy - Doctor's Guide, 3/20/06
• Mayo Clinic Reports New Option for Patients with Metastatic Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 1/3/06
• Key Mechanism Found That Promotes Spread Of Malignant Melanoma - Science Daily, 11/1/05
• Cancer Vaccine Ups Melanoma Survival - WebMD, 10/12/05
• Study Identifies Risk Factors for Multiple Melanoma Skin Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 10/6/05
• New Treatments for Melanoma - Medscape, 9/22/05
• New Test Helps Detect Melanoma Right Away - CBS 2 Chicago, 7/21/05
• Melanoma Vaccine with Three Cell Lines Linked to Increased Survival - Doctor's Guide, 4/25/05
• Dermatologists Use Knowledge of Patterns to Recognize Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 4/18/05
• NCI Researchers Confirm The Effectiveness Of Immunotherapy Approach To Treating Melanoma - Science Daily, 4/13/05
• Positron Emission Tomography Helpful Diagnosing Patients with Stage III Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 3/8/05
• When Does A Mole Become A Melanoma? - Science Daily, 2/19/05
• Jump-Starting T Cells in Skin Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 1/17/05
• Study Suggests Akt3 Protein Is Key To Melanoma's Resistance To Chemotherapy - Science Daily, 12/28/04
• Stress May Speed Up Skin Cancer - WebMD, 12/10/04
• Researchers Suggest Added Sign for Melanoma - WebMD, 12/7/04
• Positron Emission Tomography Appears Superior For Detecting Disease Spread From Malignant Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 11/4/04
• FDA Grants Fast Track Designation for MDX-010 Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 10/5/04
• Test for Diagnosing Spread of Melanoma Can Spare Second Operation - Doctor's Guide, 8/16/04
• Temozolomide Plus Interferon Alpha-2b Helpful in Melanoma - Medscape, 7/29/04
• Interferon + Temozolomide Active Against Advanced Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 6/8/04
• Melanoma Guidelines Outline Lymph Node Dissection Requirements - Doctor's Guide, 3/15/04
• Imiquimod 5% Cream Appears Effective and Safe for Superficial Basal-Cell Carcinoma - Doctor's Guide, 2/11/04
• Want Melanoma? Get a Tan - WebMD, 2/9/04
• Tanning Salons Boost Skin Cancer Risk - WebMD, 10/16/03
• Combination Therapy with Temozolomide and Thalidomide May Increase Survival in Advanced-Stage Metastatic Melanoma Patients - Doctor's Guide, 9/24/03
• Foot Melanoma Severely Deadly - Physician's Weekly, 9/15/03
• Thalomid Plus Temozolomide Promising As Oral Regimen For Treating Patients With Advanced-Stage Metastatic Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 9/8/03
• Study Shows Foot Melanoma Survival Rate Is Just 1 in 2 - Doctor's Guide, 8/19/03
• Tanning: Cancer Cause on 'Covered' Skin? - WebMD, 7/23/03
• Men Have Higher Risk of Eye Melanoma - WebMD, 6/6/03
• Interferon Alpha Boosts Temozolomides's Efficacy in Metastatic Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 6/3/03
• Skin Self-Exam Detects Early Melanomas - WebMD, 5/19/03
• Daily Sunscreen Use Prevents Precancerous Spots - WebMD, 4/21/03
• Biopsy Accuracy Varies For Invasive Cutaneous Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 3/25/03
• Melanoma Thickness Predicts Virulence, Need for Sentinel Node Sampling - Medscape, 3/21/03
• Melanoma Patients And Selective Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection - Doctor's Guide, 3/20/03
• Temozolomide Followed By Combined Immunotherapy Aids Metastatic Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 3/12/03
• Poor Repair Of DNA Sun-Damage Raises Melanoma Risk - Doctor's Guide, 3/4/03
• Acral Lentiginous Melanoma Often Mimics Benign Disease - Doctor's Guide, 2/24/03
• Ultrasound Is Key To Early Detection Of Melanoma Metastases - Doctor's Guide, 2/20/03
• A Little Light on Melanoma and Moles - Doctor's Guide, 2/18/03
• Melanoma Skin Cancer Risks - WebMD, 2/14/03
• Follow-Up For Cutaneous Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 2/11/03
• Clinical Response In Metastatic Melanoma Patients - Doctor's Guide, 2/5/03
• Alpine Skiers Risk Skin Cancer - WebMD, 1/29/03
• Sequential Outpatient Chemoimmunotherapy For Melanoma Promising - Doctor's Guide, 1/14/03
• All Removed Seborrhoeic Keratosis Specimens Need Histology Testing - Doctor's Guide, 1/10/03
• Clinical Evaluation Plus Dermatoscopy Still Cornerstone of Melanoma Diagnosis - Doctor's Guide, 1/2/03
• UV Radiation Listed as Known Carcinogen - WebMD, 12/30/02
• Fighting Melanoma - CBS News, 12/26/02
• Treatment Combination Promising For Metastatic Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 12/23/02
• Melanoma Vaccine May Prolong Survival - Medscape, 12/20/02
• Melanoma Vaccine May Be A Step Closer - Doctor's Guide, 12/20/02
• Histamine Adds No Value To Interleukin/Interferon Melanoma Treatment - Doctor's Guide, 12/10/02
• Metastatic Uveal Melanoma Response Is Modest To Chemoimmunotherapy Combination - Doctor's Guide, 12/5/02
• Some Mutations in Melanoma Happen Early and Persist - Doctor's Guide, 11/28/02
• Docetaxel Adds Little to Dacarbazine Therapy for Metastatic Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 11/25/02
• Marimastat Offers Only Limited Activity in Metastatic Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 11/15/02
• Multiple Regimen Induces Durable Remission in Metastatic Malignant Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 11/6/02
• New Cancer Vaccine Starves Tumors - WebMD, 11/5/02 - "Mice that were given the vaccine showed slowed blood vessel growth and were able to fend off tumors when injected with three different types of cancer cells (melanoma, colon, and lung)"
• Results Mixed In Immunotherapy For High-Risk Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 10/30/02
• MAGE-1 Not Useful Tool For Diagnosis Of Malignant Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 10/14/02
• Vertical Growth Phase Melanoma Linked to Metastasis - Doctor's Guide, 10/14/02
• Helping the Body Help Itself Fight Cancer - WebMD, 9/19/02
• Lymph Node Metastasis May Occur at Unusual Sentinel Lymph Node Sites in Primary Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 7/19/02
• Prevention Of Recurrence Of Conjunctival Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 6/17/02
• Retinopathy Can Occur Long After Initial Diagnosis, Treatment of Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 6/17/02
• Intraoperative Imprint Cytology Adequate Evaluation of Sentinel Node Biopsy for Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 6/14/02
• Temozolomide Plus Thalidomide Has Antitumour Activity In Patients With Advanced Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 6/6/02
• Pathology Review Of Skin Lesions Can Significantly Change Diagnosis And Management - Doctor's Guide, 6/3/02
• Risk Of Developing Metastases Higher Among Patients With Thin Melanoma And Extensive Regression - Doctor's Guide, 5/31/02
• ThinPrep® Sufficient Preparation Method In Diagnosis Of Melanoma Fine-Needle Aspirates - Doctor's Guide, 5/24/02
• Serum S100 Does Not Help Predict Micrometastases In Skin Melanoma Serum - Doctor's Guide, 5/22/02
• No Causative Connection Found Between Sunscreen Use And Malignant Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 5/16/02
• Tumour Volume, Systemic Disease Status Predict Survival After Radiosurgery For Intracranial Metastatic Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 5/16/02
• Early Melanoma Detectable Using Three-Colour Dermatoscopy Test - Doctor's Guide, 5/9/02
• Cytokines Boost Anti-Melanoma Drugs But Increase Side-Effects - Doctor's Guide, 5/8/02
• Benefit Of Allogeneic Melanoma Vaccine Influenced By HLA Class I Antigen Expression - Doctor's Guide, 5/7/02
• Cutaneous Melanin Density Measurements Predict Risk Of Skin Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 4/15/02
• Apomine (SR-45023A) Demonstrates Clinical Activity in Metastatic Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 4/9/02
• Vaccination Against Melanoma Cells in Stage IV Patients - Doctor's Guide, 3/29/02
• Alpha Interferon With Dacarbazine Treatment Promising In Malignant Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 3/20/02
• Impaired Platelet Aggregation Detected In Patients Receiving Interferon -Alpha- 2b Therapy For Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 2/14/02
• FDA Grants Fast-Track Status to Oncophage (HSPPC-96) for Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 2/6/02
• Genetic Factors Pose Greater Melanoma Risk Than Sun In Some Families - Doctor's Guide, 1/31/02
• Interleukin-2 Plus Histamine Improves Survival in Advanced Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 1/17/02
• Autoimmunity Influences Uveal Melanoma Outcome - Doctor's Guide, 1/2/02
• Melanoma Vaccine Oncophage (HSPPC-96) Appears Safe And Effective - Doctor's Guide, 10/31/01
• Radiation, Eye Removal Produce Same Survival Rates For Ocular Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 7/13/01
• TriGem (Arsenic Trioxide) Improves Melanoma Survival and Relapse Rates - Doctor's Guide, 5/15/01
• Cancer Vaccine May Help Prolong Malignant Melanoma Survival - Doctor's Guide, 5/14/01
• Interferon Alpha-2b Reduced Deaths, Relapses by One-Third - WebMD, 4/27/01 - "about 90% of cases of melanoma could be avoided simply by staying out of the midday sun or by covering up with clothing, hats, sunglasses, and sunscreen while venturing out in the middle of the day ... The remaining 10% of melanoma cases, he says, probably have a genetic origin"
• Completion Dissection Required For Melanoma Patients With Positive Sentinel Lymph Node - Doctor's Guide, 3/18/01
• Tumor Vascularity Predicts Prognosis Of Thick Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 3/8/01
• Minimal Deviation Melanoma Has Favorable Prognosis In Young Patients - Doctor's Guide, 3/5/01
• Allogeneic Tumor Vaccine Improves Outcome In Stage IIA Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 3/5/01
• Primary Care Physicians' Role Key To Early Melanoma Diagnosis - Doctor's Guide, 3/4/01
• Mass Screening For Skin Cancer Should Target Men Over 50 Years - Doctor's Guide, 3/4/01
• Clinical Work-Up Detects First Melanoma Recurrence After Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection - Doctor's Guide, 3/4/01
• Training In Skin Surface Microscopy Improves Melanoma Diagnosis - Doctor's Guide, 3/4/01
• Vaccine Therapy Offers Hope For Treatment Of Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 7/19/00
• Maxamine (Histamine Dihydrochloride) in Combo Therapy Improves Survival in Malignant Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 5/30/00
• Zadaxin (Thymalfasin) Plus Chemotherapy Shows Promise In Advanced Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 4/6/00
• Melanoma Patients' Sentinel Lymph Nodes Play Strong Role In Prognosis - Doctor's Guide, 5/19/99
• CancerVax Treatment May Save Lives In Melanoma Patients - Doctor's Guide, 5/14/99
• Cancer Vaccine Shrinks Malignant Melanoma, Prolongs Life - Doctor's Guide, 5/19/98
• Sunscreens May Not Protect Against Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 2/17/98
• Melanoma Can Be Treated With Radiation, Study Suggests - Doctor's Guide, 10/6/97
• MOHS Surgery Helps Prevent Melanoma Recurrence - Doctor's Guide, 4/24/97
• Mohs Micrographic Surgery Provides Highest Cure Rate For Cutaneous Melanoma - Doctor's Guide, 2/27/98

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