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Melanoma is a form of cancer that begins in melanocytes (cells that make the pigment melanin). It may begin in a mole (skin melanoma), but can also begin in other pigmented tissues, such as in the eye or in the intestines.

A Combo Of Fasting Plus Vitamin C Is Effective For Hard-To-Treat Cancers

Scientists have found that a fasting-mimicking diet could be more effective at treating some types of cancer when combined with vitamin C.

14 May 2020

Scientists Double Understanding Of Genetic Risk Of Melanoma

A global collaboration of scientists has more than doubled the known number of regions on the human genome that influence the risk of developing melanoma.

28 Apr 2020

New study could lead to effective immunotherapy treatments for cancer patients

According to a study recently published in the eLife journal, researchers have devised a new method to chart the molecules present on tumor cells that indicate their presence to the immune system.

22 Apr 2020

WDR74 modulates melanoma tumorigenesis and metastasis through the RPL5–MDM2–p53 pathway

A team of scientists has discovered that the WDR74 protein plays a vital role in metastasis progression in lung cancer and melanoma primary tumors.

22 Feb 2020

A new study finds a potential immunotherapeutic pan-target on cancer cells

In a genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screen published in Nature Immunology in January 2020, a group of researchers described a potential universal target on cancer cells.

12 Feb 2020