Cleveland Clinic study: timing of melanoma diagnosis, treatment critical to survival

Distinct pattern in protein production can predict severe side effects from skin cancer treatment

An activity pattern in certain genes responsible for building proteins known as spleen tyrosine kinases can predict which melanoma patients are likely to have severe side effects from immunotherapy designed to treat the most deadly skin cancer, a study shows.

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Vol.50 No.32

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UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute receives five NCI grants

Researchers at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences have been awarded five grants from NCI in 2024, totaling $4.6 million.

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Jeffrey Farma named Fox Chase chair of surgery

Jeffrey M. Farma was appointed chair of surgery at Fox Chase Cancer Center.

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Lifileucel + pembrolizumab show promise for advanced melanoma in data from phase II study

Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc. a commercial biotechnology company focused on innovating, developing, and delivering novel polyclonal tumor infiltrating lymphocyte therapies for patients with cancer, has updated clinical data for lifileucel in combination with pembrolizumab in frontline advanced melanoma, as well as translational data, for the upcoming 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting.

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Funding Opportunities

DOD Melanoma Research Program funding opportunities for FY24

The FY24 Defense Appropriations Act is anticipated to provide funding for the Melanoma Research Program to support innovative, high-impact melanoma research.

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Clinical Roundup

UCLA study: Promising target for CAR T-cell therapy leads to potent antitumor responses against cutaneous and rare melanomas

Scientists at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have built and demonstrated the potential efficacy of a new chimeric antigen receptor T-cell-based immunotherapy specifically designed to treat patients with cutaneous and rare subtypes of melanoma.

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Vol.50 No.08

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