Melanoma

Experimental Patient-Specific Cancer Vaccines Show Promise For all the cancer recoveries that Dr. Robert Amato has seen, few have surprised and impressed him more than that of a 50-year-old man who was successfully treated for kidney cancer, only to see tumors spread to his lungs...

Skin cancers often found late in males, smokers, singles Previous research has shown that Medicaid patients are almost five times as likely as...

Gene studies shine light on how melanoma spreads Using information that was generated by the human genome project, researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) have unearthed...

Gene That Causes Cancer to Spread Is Identified Using data from the Human Genome Project, scientists have identified a gene that ...

UC San Francisco Researchers Identify Factors That Increase, Decrease Risk for Non-Hodgkin`s Lymphoma In a large population-based study conducted on non-Hodgkin`s lymphoma, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco found that exposure to certain environmental factors that affect the immune system could decrease...

Vaccines show promise as powerful new cancer treatment Scientists think they can teach the human body to cure its own cancer. Teach it to recognize cancer is evil...

What Is Melanoma? Melanoma is the most lethal form of skin cancer, and this killer is on the rise...

Early Treatment Key to Curing Melanoma Although it's the most serious form of skin cancer, malignant melanoma can be cured if treated early enough...

McCain diagnosed with skin cancer Arizona Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who ran unsuccessfully this year for the Republican nomination for US president...

Senator McCain to undergo skin cancer surgery Arizona Sen. John McCain, who waged an underdog campaign for the Republican presidential nomination this year...