Melanoma/Skin Cancer News

As part of routine screening for financial hardship, clinicians should discuss an individual’s employment, access to paid leave and health insurance coverage when constructing a treatment plan relating to cancer care.

Geographic disparities in the availability of cancer clinical trials throughout the United States have worsened over time, according to study data published in JAMA Network Open.

Researchers found an inexplicable rise of melanoma incidences despite an unchanging mortality rate, according to a study.

Alcohol does more than affect your liver — it can affect your skin too.

Today is Melanoma Monday. The annual observance is intended to raise awareness about causes and symptoms of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.

The first participant has been dosed in the phase 1 study evaluating Ga-A9-3202 for locally advanced or metastatic melanoma imaging, Alpha-9 Oncology announced in a press release.

More than 20% of patients with cancer participate in some form of clinical study, and that number is considered a “floor” estimate, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

New guidelines for vaccinating adults with solid or hematologic cancers detailed the importance of vaccination optimization, multidisciplinary coordination and vaccination of household members.

It took more than 35 years for tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, which Steven A. Rosenberg, MD, PhD, and colleagues first reported on in 1988 for the treatment of advanced melanoma, to progress enough to gain FDA approval.

Bin Zheng, PhD, has been appointed director of melanoma research in the department of biomedical sciences at Cedars-Sinai Cancer.