Immunotherapy in Melanoma | Specialty

People in Britain Say Find Aliens, Cure Cancer

March 9th 2011

A recent poll conducted by Britain's Royal Society found that what Britons want most is a vaccine that will prevent cancer.

Dr. Pearlstone on Technological Challenges

March 8th 2011

John Theurer Cancer Center Opens New Comprehensive Facility

March 4th 2011

The John Theurer Cancer Center (JTCC) at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, one of the largest cancer centers in the United States

Oncology Community Facing Severe Drug Shortages

December 19th 2010

Hospitals, pharmacists, and physicians across the United States are reporting shortages of critical anticancer drugs, including carboplatin, cisplatin, dacarbazine, fludarabine, and cytarabine.

Politics & Policy: March 2007

August 17th 2010

The Politics and Policy page provides a concise and timely round-up of key government-related oncology and biotechnology news. Content is focused upon the public sector activities that are most likely to impact the evolving oncology and biotech industries.

Therapeutic Vaccine Improves Survival in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer

August 16th 2010

New pancreatic cancer vaccine findings were presented at the 2007 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, held January 19-21 in Orlando, FL.

ASCO 2010: Novel Therapy First to Extend Survival in Advanced Melanoma

August 14th 2010

In a phase III randomized trial, overall survival (OS) was more than 34% longer for patients with advanced melanoma who received the novel agent ipilimumab

Politics & Policy: May 2007

August 12th 2010

This month's Fed Focus highlights the CDC's HPV vaccine recommendations as well as changes in Medicare coverage of ESAs for cancer-related anemia. Our reports from

We Look Forward to Hearing From You

August 11th 2010

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Fast Facts: Skin Cancer and Melanoma

June 25th 2010

A collection of statistics and facts on skin cancer and melanoma

Tremelimumab Is the Focus of Several Studies in Advanced and Metastatic Melanoma

May 25th 2010

Clinical investigations of tremelimumab in melanoma were the focus of several presentations at ASCO.

Findings Implicate Virus as Skin Cancer Cause

May 24th 2010

University of Pittsburgh scientists ecently discovered a virus that they have determined is the cause of Merkel cell carcinoma.