Melanoma

Melanoma 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.)

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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. DOI Direct Link
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. DOI Direct Link
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. DOI Direct Link
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. DOI Direct Link
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. DOI Direct Link
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Press Releases About Melanoma:
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
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
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
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
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

BioNews Results for Melanoma:
Radiation can prevent cancer relapse after surgery	NetIndia123.com:  Nov 7 2009 4:14AM Matching: melanoma
BURNT: We're the cancer capital	The Northern Star:  Nov 6 2009 6:21PM Matching: melanoma
ABRAXANE Receives Orphan Drug Status for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer and Stage IIB-IV Melanoma	PharmiWeb:  Nov 6 2009 5:37AM Matching: melanoma
People on Immunosuppressive Therapies May Be More At Risk for Skin Cancer	Skin Inc:  Nov 6 2009 6:09AM Matching: melanoma
Radiation can prevent cancer relapse after surgery	Cambodian Times:  Nov 6 2009 10:43PM Matching: melanoma
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Melanoma Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
7608696	IBC-1 (invasive breast cancer-1), a putative oncogene amplified in breast cancer
7611846	Diagnostic methods involving human growth factor huXAG-1
7611854	Yeast cells engineered to produce pheromone system protein surrogates, and uses therefor
7611867	CC-chemokine binding tick proteins
7611868	Recombinant modified adenovirus fiber protein
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Companies working in the area of Melanoma from Bioportfolio's Biocorporate database :
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GenVec 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... www.genvec.com/        View full profile
BioVex 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. www.biovex.com./        View full profile
BSD Medical 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... www.bsdmc.com/        View full profile
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