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Melanoma News

Big Drop in Malignant Melanoma Rate After Bariatric Surgery Weight loss surgery for obesity appears to result in a huge reduction in the risk of malignant melanoma that persists for up to 20 years, according to a new analysis of long-term data from the SOS study.
Medscape Medical News, May 24, 2018
Cancer Deaths Falling, but Uptick in Late-Stage Prostate Ca Overall, deaths from cancer in the US continue to decline, but there are two notable exceptions, and there has been an uptick in the incidence of late-stage prostate cancer.
Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2018

Anti-PD-1 Agents Rapidly Adopted in Clinical Practice Following Approval
Reuters Health Information, May 21, 2018
Better Responses to Immunotherapy in Men
Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2018
Overactive Immune Response Linked to Hair Graying
Reuters Health Information, May 4, 2018
PAs Less Accurate Than Dermatologists at Diagnosing Melanoma
Reuters Health Information, April 27, 2018

Melanoma Perspective

Metastatic Melanoma: Personalized Immunotherapy Dr Jeffrey Weber and the NYU Langone team assess how biomarkers, the microbiome, and emerging agents will redefine immunotherapy one patient at a time.
Medscape TV, March 12, 2018
Can This Topical Cream Prevent Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer? A study tested whether prophylactic application of topical fluorouracil can prevent nonmelanoma skin cancer.
Medscape Dermatology, March 8, 2018

Lower-Dose Combo Immunotherapy Promising for Advanced Melanoma
Medscape Oncology, February 22, 2018
Overlooked Biomarker May Predict Cancer Immunotherapy Response
Medscape Oncology, February 15, 2018
Metastatic Melanoma: Extra Innings
Medscape TV, February 15, 2018
Next Steps for Immunotherapies, Cell Therapies in Oncology
Medscape Oncology, February 9, 2018

Journals

Immune-Modifed Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors
Journal of Clinical Oncology, May 25, 2018
Combining Proton Beam Therapy and Immunotherapy
Translational Lung Cancer Research, May 25, 2018
Therapies After Autograft Failure in a Patient With Melanoma
Wounds, May 23, 2018
A New Era of Proactive Melanoma Therapy: Hit Hard, Hit Early
The British Journal of Dermatology, May 17, 2018
Spontaneous Regression of a Squamous Cell Lung Cancer
Journal of Medical Case Reports, May 16, 2018

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