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Different Sun Rays, Different Damage

...fetime can alter the immune system and can lead to melanoma and basal and squamous cell carcinoma, three forms of skin cancer. UVB primarily affects the skin's //outer layers and tend to be more intense during the summer month, at higher altitudes, and as you get closer to the equator. Less harmful are UVA ra...

Childhood Sunburn Can Lead to Skin Cancer Later

...Dermatology confirms that nearly two-thirds of all melanoma skin cancers are related to sun exposure, and up t...ciety estimates that more than 54,000 new cases of melanoma skin cancer will be diagnosed in 2003, and some 7,600 new deaths will occur from this disease this y...

Hope for First New Melanoma Treatment in Decades

...ngerous disease and offer the first hope for a new melanoma treatment target in decades. Study proves a role f...anomas. // The process leading to the formation of melanoma begins when a cell growing in the top-most layer of the skin is damaged, such as through severe sunb...

Skin cancer's secrets unveiled

...r melanomas accounted for less than 15 per cent of melanoma cancers but caused up to 70 per cent of the deadli...deep melanomas. The research shows the pimple-like melanoma is the most dangerous. However these are often missed at the start. A severe sunburn can cause a nod...

Melanoma caused by low DNA repair capacity

...rough a study involving a group of 312 people with melanoma that those with fair skin// have lowered DNA repai...epair capacity of this group of people affected by melanoma and found that they had an average 19 per cent reduced capacity to heal the DNA damage inflicted by ...

Sun is bad - More or less does not matter!

...he study that was published in the Journal Cancer, melanoma may even be genetic. This was concluded by the researchers after they discovered that a parent's mole count may help predict the number of moles that their child will develop. One thousand eight hundred and twelve children, between the ages of two ...

Tumour marker for melanoma found

...ied a group of 132 patients with various grades of melanoma for many years. Those with high levels of HDM2 had a good prognosis, while those with low levels had a poorer outcome. Levels were not correlated, however, with tumour thickness which is traditionally used for prognosis. It's known that HDM2 is inv...

Specialist surgeon not imperative in melanoma

...s at the University of Glasgow have surveyed 4,139 melanoma patients who had their tumour removed between 1979...urgeons. This study tells us that a patient with melanoma should see the surgeon with the shortest waiting list. Speed of treatment is more important than sur...

Latest device for identifying Melanomas

...rbage out." Dr. Scott Menzies, senior lecturer in melanoma and skin oncology at the University of Sydney, called the diagnostic software a major advance. Menzies was one of the specialists from around the world who used a SolarScan prototype as part of clinical trials. In the United States, a prototype was ...

Reduction in melanoma death rate

...r changes in sun exposure behaviour - for cases of melanoma are still increasing....

Hydroxyurea derivatives kill colon cancer cells

...ivity against small cell lung cancer and malignant melanoma cells....

UV Radiation induces Melanoma

...elanocytes, the pigment-producing skin cells where melanoma develops, are on the surface of the skin. It is th... results showed that young mice went on to develop melanoma - the most serious form of skin cancer - in adulthood. A single dose of UV radiation was enough to...

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