Researchers from NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NYU’s Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center found that amyloid beta, a protein known to build-up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, helps melanoma cells thrive when they have spread to the brain. The study authors focused on melanoma because it metastasizes to the brain in 40% of patients with stage IV disease.
Collecting images of suspicious-looking skin growths and sending them off-site for specialists to analyze is as accurate in identifying skin cancers as having a dermatologist examine them in person, a new study shows.
