In The Journal of Clinical Investigation researchers from VIB, KU Leuven (Belgium) together with colleagues from INSERM (France) now report the important role for FES in the initiation and progression of melanoma,
a malignant type of skin cancer, that is notoriously quick to metastasize and that responds poorly to existing cancer treatments.
Not exact matches
Malignant melanoma
of the
skin is one
of the fastest increasing
cancer types in the West.
The follow - up studies at Sahlgrenska Academy have now found that antioxidants double the rate
of metastasis in
malignant melanoma, the most perilous
type of skin cancer.
2002 — Our scientists lead a pioneering study which reveals how a gene called BRAF is faulty in more than half
of all cases
of the most dangerous
type of skin cancer,
malignant melanoma, and a wide range
of other
cancers.