melanoma

By Adewole S. Adamson, University of Texas at Austin August 10, 2022There is very little evidence that sunscreen reduces melanoma in dark-skinned people.Melanoma is a potentially deadly form of skin cancer that affects people of every racial and ethnic group. Exposure to ultraviolet, or UV, rays from the sun is the risk factor most closely linked to developing melanoma. In fact, sunburns have been associated with doubling one’s risk of melanoma.Because sunscreen can block UV rays and therefore reduce the risk of sunburns,…

Despite some immunotherapies been proven to be effective in treating melanoma brain metastases, researchers remain clueless about the reason behind the tumour's spread to the brain. Now, through an extensive study of the cells inside melanoma brain metastases, researchers have unravelled details about the condition which could lead to the development of new therapies.Melanoma is a type of skin cancer and brain metastasis is a condition that occurs when cancer spreads from the original site to the brain. Brain metastasis…

More than 3 billion people around the world rely on fish for food. Fish are a favored source of proteins and healthy fats in highly recommended diets, like Mediterranean and Nordic.  But new research suggests that as with all things, too much good fish could also be a bad thing.A large, long-term study of almost 500,000 people, found people who eat more fish than the equivalent of half a can of tuna a day were 22 percent more likely to contract a malignant melanoma."Melanoma is the fifth most common cancer in the and…

Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer, thanks to its ability to rapidly spread to other organs. Brazilian researchers have now developed a peptide that seems to slow the growth and spread of melanoma, improving the survival rates of test mice.Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer, and although melanoma is only responsible for about one percent of those cases, it causes the majority of skin cancer deaths. That’s because it’s especially prone to metastasizing.Previous studies have linked a protein called…