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Role
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Treatment and Prevention
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St. John's Wort May Interfere With Cancer Drug
Bay Drug/Chemo Combination Success Story
New Device Helps Doctors Detect Melanoma
Unorthodox Strategy: New Cancer Vaccine May Thwart Melanoma
Test for Diagnosing Spread of Melanoma Can Spare Second Operation
California
Assembly Passes Stricter Tanning Bed Regulations --
Sacbee.com
Olympic
Swimmer Organizes Charity Auction to Raise Money for the MRF
Human Monoclonal Antibody Helps Fight Advanced Melanoma
-- Cancerwise
NCI Announces New Melanoma Treatment
Immune
Cells Programmed to Attack Melanoma in Patients --
NCI
New
melanoma treatment shows promise --
Boston Globe
New
cancer treatment wipes out tumors -- UPI
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Melanoma
in the press
Scientists
Find Cancer Gene Defect
Tanning
Beds, Lamps May Double
Cancer Risk-Report
No
Benefit for Low-Dose
Interferon for Stage
III Melanoma
Radiation,
Eye Removal Produce
Same Survival Rates
For Ocular Melanoma
Interferon
extends survival in
patients with high-risk
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Genzyme
Announces Initiation
of Melanoma Vaccine
Clinical Trials
Positive
Trial Results for
IL-2 Plus Superantigen-B
Combination
AVAX
to Offer Personalized
Tumor Cell Banking
Directly To Patients
Melanoma
Doesn't Need Big Surgical
Cuts
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ARTICLES
Ultrasound
Detects Melanoma Metastases
Missed by Clinical
Examination
Strategies
for Combining Chemotherapy
and Biotherapy in
Melanoma
(requires
Adobe
Reader)
Flavinoids
Inhibit Cancer Cell
Line Proliferation
AAD
Alert - On the Importance
of using a dermatopathologist
Genta's
G-3139 Gets Fast-Track
Designation
Curing
the patient, Healing
the Person
Cytoreductive
Surgery for Metastatic
Melanoma
Bioimmunotherapy
Regimen Shows Promise
Vaccines
for Melanoma: An Overview
Science,
Medicine, and the
Future: Gene Therapy
Blood
test can detect sub-clinical
metastasis
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ABSTRACTS
Phase
I/II study of Genta's
(G3139) with DTIC
Metastasectomy
for recurrent stage
IV melanoma
Interleukin-2-based
treatment in advanced
melanoma
Biochemotherapy
for Metastatic Melanoma
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NEW
CLINICAL TRIALS
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the MPIP
Clinical Trials Research
Center
In
cooperation with CenterWatch
Protarga
Inc. begins Phase
III trials for melanoma
patients
UCSF
enrolling patients
for trial testing
immunotherapy treatment
Multi-Center
Phase II Study of
Avax's M-Vax in Stage
IV Patients
U
of Virginia Immune
Therapy Trials
Therion
Biologics and NCI
Initiate Phase II
Trial of Novel MM
Vaccines
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PREVENTION
Green
Tea In Drink Form Or
In Skin Cream May Help
Prevent Skin Cancer
Health
Controversy Over Sun
Health Claim
Sunscreen
Prevents Moles in Children
Preventing
Skin Cancer Begins at
Birth
UVB
can snake its way around
the shade
Men
Have More Melanoma,
But Young Women May
See Increase
Malignant
Melanoma Death Rates
Rise in White Americans
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Readers in the News: |
Linda
Talbott's article for
the American
Cancer Society
and
her interview
with MSNBC.com
Lori
Spicer-Lawson shares
her husband's battle
with melanoma.
Ms. Spicer-Lawson can be reached
here.
Stacy
Blasiola educates golfers
about the dangers
of sunlight
Stephanie
Craven's column in the
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Joy
Koenig, M.D.'s story
at ourmaine.com
Martie
Wrock-Ryland is featured
on CBS Early Show
Jaime
Regen's article
in the Plano Star Courier
Laurie
Cordell's interview
by the Florida Times-Union
If you have a published
article and would
like the MPIP to
link to it, please
let
us know.
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