MRF Blog: Research
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May 14, 2012 | Comments ()
I spent the day last week in a meeting with doctors and researchers who gathered to discuss ocular melanoma, or melanoma of the eye. It was the first bi-annual scientific meeting of CURE OM, the MRF’s program focusing on this rare cancer. Spending 11 hours discussing the science of this cancer was informative and, frankly, rather exhausting. Several things struck me about this meeting:
· Some three dozen people volunteered their time to travel from across the country and Europe so they could sit in a...
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February 8, 2012 | Comments ()
I read the report from Congress’ House Energy and Commerce Committee with great interest. They used interns to call 300 tanning salons—at least 3 in each state and the District of Columbia—and asked salon staff questions about tanning safety. Presenting themselves as a 16 year old girl with blond hair and fair skin, they asked if tanning was dangerous and how much they could tan.
To understand the significance of these questions, it is important to remember a few facts:
The World Health Organization has classified tanning beds as a carcinogen, in the same...
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December 27, 2011 | Comments (1)
A close relative is a two-time cancer survivor. He was diagnosed with lymphoma, a form of cancer that is notorious for recurrence. Fortunately the doctors caught it early and rounds of radiation and chemotherapy worked their magic on the tumor. When he came back for a follow-up check after finishing therapy, they found a spot on his kidney. He was diagnosed with kidney cancer and had to have that organ removed. That was over a dozen years ago and he is still NED – no evidence of disease.
Even though more than a decade has passed since he had a...
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November 22, 2011 | Comments ()
His wife died of melanoma a few months ago and he was talking about hope.
I can’t claim to have known her well, but in my own encounters with her and by all accounts, she was a remarkable human being. She was highly respected at work, a close friend to many, a loving wife and a doting mother of two young children.
When she was diagnosed several years ago, the picture was not pretty. The average patient with Stage IV melanoma lives a few months—most often less than a year. But she defied the odds. The standard treatments bought her some time. ...
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October 24, 2011 | Comments (4)
They say that money makes the world go round. That money talks. Certainly in the research field, money is the key to progress.
We can truly say that right now in melanoma research, money is the primary limiting factor impeding progress.
For many years the basic biology of melanoma was not understood well enough for scientists and doctors to make real progress. With greater knowledge of cancer biology, however, this is no longer the case. Of course, many questions must be answered. To think we have teased out all the mysteries of this trickster...
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