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The 4 Stages of Melanoma – The Deadliest Form of Skin Cancer – Mayo Clinic

By on Saturday, May 25th, 2013 | No Comments

Richard W. Joseph, M.D., medical oncologist at Mayo Clinic in Florida talks about the most deadly form of skin cancer, known as melanoma. Here he explains th…

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Inflammatory bowel disease raises risk of melanoma

By on Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 | No Comments

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at higher risk of melanoma, a form of skin cancer, report researchers at Mayo Clinic. Researchers found that IBD is associated with a 37 percent greater risk for the disease. The findings were presented at the Digestive Disease Week 2013 conference in Orlando, Fla.

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Speaking of Health Episode 49 – "Skin Cancer and Sun Protection"

By on Saturday, May 18th, 2013 | No Comments

Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the U.S. In this month’s episode of Speaking of Health, Melanie A. Dixon, M.D., a Mayo Clinic Health System …

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Santa Cruz County quilters hope to brighten day of children with cancer

By on Saturday, May 18th, 2013 | No Comments

In a labor of love, Santa Cruz County women who make stitching an art form have produced quilts to brighten the lives of children stricken with cancer.

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Living with melanoma skin cancer

By on Saturday, May 11th, 2013 | No Comments

The most common cancer in the United States is skin cancer and the deadliest form of skin cancer is melanoma.

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4. Is that skin cancer?

By on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 | No Comments

Skin cancer is the most common form of human cancer, with more than 1 million new cases occurring annually, according to MedicineNet.com . “Annual rates of all forms of skin cancer are increasing each year, representing a growing public concern,” MedicineNet.com states.

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Adult cells transformed into early-stage nerve cells, bypassing the pluripotent stem cell stage

By on Friday, May 3rd, 2013 | No Comments

Scientists have converted skin cells from people and monkeys into a cell that can form a wide variety of nervous-system cells — without passing through the do-it-all stage called the induced pluripotent stem cell, or iPSC.

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Computer algorithms help find cancer connections

By on Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 | No Comments

Using powerful algorithms developed by computer scientists, medical researchers have assembled the most complete genetic profile yet of acute myeloid leukemia, an aggressive form of blood cancer.

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Big data analysis identifies prognostic RNA markers in a common form of breast cancer

By on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 | No Comments

An analysis that integrates three large sets of genomic data available through The Cancer Genome Atlas has identified 37 RNA molecules that might predict survival in patients with the most common form of breast cancer. The study analyzed large masses of data from 466 cases of the most common type of breast cancer and provides the first prognostic signature in cancer composed of both mRNA and microRNA.

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Mapping of cancer cell fuel pumps paves the way for new drugs

By on Monday, April 29th, 2013 | No Comments

For the first time, researchers have managed to obtain detailed images of the way in which the transport protein GLUT transports sugars into cells. Since tumors are highly dependent on the transportation of nutrients in order to be able to grow rapidly, the researchers are hoping that their study will form the basis for new strategies to fight cancer cells.

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