MD Anderson research links high-fiber diet to improved outcomes in melanoma

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Patients with melanoma who reported eating more fiber-rich foods when they began immunotherapy survived longer without cancer growth than patients with insufficient dietary fiber intake, according to research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. 

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Roger Lo, professor of medicine, dermatology, and molecular and medical pharmacology and investigator at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, was awarded a $2 million grant from NIH to investigate innovative strategies to prevent drug resistance in melanoma treatment and improve the effectiveness of MAPK inhibitors, a common treatment for patients with melanomas that carry the BRAFV600 mutation.

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