It has been known for some time that while the incidence of skin cancer for African Americans is rare, it still happens. And when it does happen it is more deadly for this population than for Caucasians. Add to this, a new study which shows that there is a disparity in the stage of melanoma diagnosis between Hispanic and black patients vs. white patients. According to a report in the December 2009 issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, Hispanic and African...
As the warmer spring and summer months approach, it's tempting to make plans for long weekends at the beach or days lying on a picnic... Read more »
It is not uncommon in history for presidents to have kept their illnesses hidden from the general public. For example, President Woodrow... Read more »
Last summer we reported how a drug called ipilimumab gave skin cancer researchers hope that there was something doctors could do for... Read more »
Many of the questions we receive here on SkinCancerConnection are about melanoma skin cancer. This is no surprise as melanoma is the... Read more »
The official news from the federal health officials is not good for younger women: the numbers for that demographic group are rising at an... Read more »
A vaccine designed to treat patients with advanced melanoma has shown promise in a new study. In a new late-stage clinical trial, researchers found... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
According to the American Cancer Societythe lifetime risk of getting melanoma is about 2% (1 in 50) for whites, 0.1% (1 in 1,000) for blacks, and... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
ScreeningEducation and prevention programs have led to improved screening for skin cancer, which in turn has improved diagnosis and survival rates... Read more »
A compound that targets and disables a protein found in melanoma tumors may make the deadly skin cancer more vulnerable to chemotherapy, early... Read more »
Scientists have found that differences in levels of certain genetic markers may help doctors distinguish between common moles and melanoma. Even... Read more »
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