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Alternative Treatments For Melanoma - Articles
DNA scan reveals secret of melanoma’s ‘self-healing’ powers
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Cancer Research UK
Posted
Wed 25 Aug 2010 12:00am
Professor Julia Newton Bishop and her team are making progress in understanding melanoma.
Malignant melanoma – the most dangerous form of skin cancer... chemotherapy drugs, repairing themselves, and continuing to multiply as before.
As a result, many melanomas remain stubbornly resistant to chemotherapy. Fewer than one in five
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New FDA-approved alternative treatment for treatment-resistant depression
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Dr. John Z.
Posted
Fri 10 Oct 2008 1:03pm
MUSC.edu - Millions of patients with treatment-resistant clinical depression, who have struggled for years with disability and how to cope with their condition, now have an alternative treatment option that could help them lead more productive and successful lives.
The NeuroStar TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) Therapy system, developed
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Experimental Drug Shows Promise in Melanoma Treatment
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Northcoast Footcare
Posted
Sun 04 Oct 2009 11:13pm
Melanoma is a cancer of melanocytes, cells that produce a pigment called melanin in the skin. Melanoma occurs when there is a mutation within the melanocytes, causing the cells to replicate in a disorganized fashion, grow without limit, invade surrounding tissue and disrupt normal tissue function. Continue Reading »
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A Novel Therapeutic Strategy for the Treatment of Hyperpigmentation and Melanoma
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nih.gov
Posted
Tue 15 Jun 2010 5:00pm
% of world population) or post-inflammatory hypopigmentation.
A novel gene therapy based treatment for Melanoma: Experimental results show that cells over-expressing SOX9 do not form... are currently pursuing gene therapy approaches with SOX9 which may be useful in the treatment of melanoma.
Inventors:
Vincent J Hearing (NCI)
Thierry Passeron (NCI)
Patent Status
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Researchers Shine Light On How Some Melanoma Tumors Evade Drug Treatment
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Ed H.
Posted
Sun 05 Dec 2010 3:40pm
The past year has brought to light both the promise and the frustration of developing new drugs to treat melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer. Early clinical tests of a candidate drug aimed at a crucial cancer-causing gene revealed impressive results in patients whose cancers resisted all currently available treatments.
Unfortunately, those effects
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ADHD Alternative Treatment: Finding Out What Really Works
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Dr. Rory S.
Posted
Tue 10 Feb 2009 10:15am
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Last night we kicked off the inaugural ADHD Family Teleseminars by talking about ADHD Alternative Treatments. If not the most frequently requested topic, it is definitely amongst the top 2 or 3, especially by parents of children with ADHD.
No matter where you stand on the medication debate, considering alternative treatments is critical
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