Stark warning issued as skin cancer cases reach record high in UK - symptoms to spot
People aged over 55 have seen the sharpest rise in skin cancer cases in recent years, with "cheap" package holidays blamed. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fecal transplants show promise in improving melanoma treatment
In a world-first clinical trial published in the journal Nature Medicine, a multi-centre study from Lawson Health Research Institute, the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) and the Jewish General Hospital (JGH) has found fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) from healthy donors are safe and show promise in improving response to immunotherapy in patients with advanced melanoma. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - July 7, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Cheap holiday linked to surge in skin cancer among over-55s
Experts have linked cheap package holidays to figures showing increased rates of melanoma in people over 55. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Urgent skin cancer warning as cases hit record high
New figures from Cancer Research UK reveal that melanoma skin cancer diagnoses across all age groups have reached a record high, with 17,500 people diagnosed each year in the UK. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Extra chromosomes —long a mystery in tumors—may help them grow
Cancer cells are sloppy with their DNA, often gaining entire chromosomes as they proliferate. Now, researchers have found that this extra DNA can rev up the cells' growth and stymie one of the body's main anticancer defenses. This chromosomal hoarding may leave some tumors susceptible to certain drugs, however, opening the possibility of tailored treatments.
The study, in which researchers used gene editing to compare cells with and without extra chromosomes, "is important, it's novel, and it was carried out in a very elegant way," says cell biologist Uri Ben-David of Tel Aviv University, who wasn't connected to the ...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 6, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
