Treatment Breakthrough for Advanced Melanoma

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news_200wA new treatment for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, is showing promising results in patients with a particular gene mutation.

In a multi-center study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine, patients with terminal metastatic melanoma (advanced melanoma that has spread to distant organs) were treated orally with a drug called PLX4032, which targets a gene mutation associated with an increased risk of melanoma.

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A Word from the President

Dr Perry Robins
During the past year, we’ve seen important developments in skin cancer awareness and anti-tanning efforts around the world, as new studies have strengthened the link between ultraviolet (UV) tanning and increased risk of melanoma. One key report for the first time declared UV radiation from tanning devices carcinogenic (cancer-causing) to humans; in another, genetic researchers revealed that most of the mutations found in a melanoma were caused by damage from UV radiation. These events prompted The Skin Cancer Foundation to... 

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