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MelanomaMelanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes which are found predominantly in skin but also in the bowel and the eye . It is one of the rarer types of skin cancer but causes the majority of skin cancer related deaths. Despite many years of intensive laboratory and clinical research, the sole effective cure is surgical resection of the primary tumor before it achieves a thickness greater than 1 mm. Around 160,000 new cases of melanoma are diagnosed worldwide each year, and it is more frequent in males and caucasians. It is more common in caucasian populations living in sunny climates than other groups.According to the WHO Report about 48,000 melanoma related deaths occur worldwide per annum.The treatment includes surgical removal of the tumor; adjuvant treatment; chemo- and immunotherapy, or radiation therapy.Melanomas also occur in horses, see equine melanoma, below. (From the Wikpedia article Melanoma.) Download PDF containing detailed information.
Recent Publications on Melanoma: |  |
Fine-needle aspiration cytology in a case of metastatic spindle cell melanoma in liver.
We present a case of a 62-year-old male, who was found to have multiple... | 7th November, 2009
| Department of Cytopathology and Gynecological Pathology, Postgraduate
| Diagn Cytopathol. 2009 Nov 5.
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Identification of virus resistant tumor cell subpopulations in three-dimensional uveal melanoma cultures.
To better understand melanoma resistance to herpes simplex virus type 1... | 7th November, 2009
| Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of
| Cancer Gene Ther. 2009 Nov 6.
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The human homologue of Dictyostelium discoideum phg1A is expressed by human metastatic melanoma cells.
Tumour cannibalism is a characteristic of malignancy and metastatic... | 7th November, 2009
| Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicine Evaluation, Istituto
| EMBO Rep. 2009 Nov 6.
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Design considerations for tumour-targeted nanoparticles.
Inorganic/organic hybrid nanoparticles are potentially useful in... | 7th November, 2009
| Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel
| Nat Nanotechnol. 2009 Nov 1.
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Unexpected detection of melanoma brain metastasis by PET with iodine-124 betaCIT.
To study the potential impact of... | 7th November, 2009
| Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
| Clin Nucl Med. 2009 Oct;34(10):698-9.
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Press Releases About Melanoma:
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| Calling All Runners! Join the Race Against Melanoma and Run the 2010 Boston Marathon(R) |
5th November, 2009 |
Melanoma Foundation of New England |
CONCORD, Mass., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Applications are now available for running in the Boston Marathon(R) as part of the Melanoma Foundation of New England's marathon team, Running
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| National Quality Forum Endorses Six Measures for Melanoma and Eye Care |
5th November, 2009 |
National Quality Forum |
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Quality Forum (NQF) has endorsed six measures to improve quality of eye and skin care in the ambulatory setting. The endorsed measures
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| Melanoma Research Foundation Leads Unprecedented Collaboration for Melanoma Research |
3rd November, 2009 |
Melanoma Research Foundation |
Patient advocacy group, research community and pharmaceutical companies join forces for new breakthroughs in treatment; clinical trials to begin in 2010
HILLSBOROUGH, N.J., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire
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| BioVex Announces Publication of Phase 2 Melanoma Results With OncoVEX (GM-CSF) in the Journal of Clinical Oncology |
2nd November, 2009 |
BioVex Inc |
WOBURN, Mass., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- BioVex Inc, a company developing new generation biologics for the treatment and prevention of cancer and infectious disease, announced today that the data from
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| Nation's Capital Hosts Gala to Raise Funds for Melanoma Research |
2nd November, 2009 |
Melanoma Research Foundation |
- First Annual Wings of Hope Gala comes to Washington, DC -
HILLSBOROUGH, N.J., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One man's dream of making a difference in the fight against melanoma is coming to
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Companies working in the area of Melanoma from Bioportfolio's Biocorporate database : |  |
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GenVec, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNVC) is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel gene-based therapeutic drugs and vaccines. Each of our gene-based therapeutic product candidates use a common patent...
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BioVex is a three year old private biotech company that is developing a new class of potent vaccines principally to treat and prevent cancer. The Company is headquartered in Oxford, UK.
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BSD Medical Corporation (AMEX: BSM) develops, manufactures, markets and services systems to treat cancer and benign diseases using heat therapy delivered using focused radio frequency (RF) and...
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