A trial for the world’s first-ever mRNA cancer vaccine for melanoma is underway in the UK. Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. Around 100,000 Americans are expected to be diagnosed ...

On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved a new, first-of-its-kind therapy that could help patients with metastatic melanoma, a rare but deadly form of skin cancer.

An investigational mRNA vaccine used along with immunotherapy continues to show benefit for people with high-risk forms of the skin cancer melanoma, the drugmakers said Thursday.

New melanoma skin cancer cases are set to increase from 20,800 cases in the 2023 to 2025 period, to an average of 26,500 cases between 2038 and 2040, according to Cancer Research UK.

But all melanoma diagnoses aren’t created equal. Survival rates vary widely by race, as shown by research published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology today (July 11).

Amelanotic melanoma diagnoses made 2011 onward were associated with a lower mortality risk (HR, 0.55; P < .001) than those diagnosed before 2011, with 2-year DSS for distant metastases more than ...

Credit: Cells (2024). DOI: 10.3390/cells13030268 A cannabis extract has shown positive results in slowing down melanoma cell growth and increasing cell death rates, a new in-vitro study finds.

“Melanoma is considered the most dangerous type of skin cancer because it has a high potential to spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body if not detected and treated early,” said Dr ...

Black men at higher risk of dying from skin cancer, study finds Men with melanoma, particularly Black men, are more likely to die than women with melanoma, according to a new study published in ...

Teen Diagnosed with Stage 3 Melanoma at 15 Says Doctors Initially Dismissed Cancer Symptom as Sign of ‘Puberty’ “It’s very important that we take care of ourselves, and I think a lot of ...