Melanoma - A to Z
This page contains links to content about melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer.
More than 10,600 people are diagnosed with melanoma each year in the UK. The number of people getting melanoma now is 4 times higher than in the 1970s.
There is one main factor that increases the risk of developing melanoma - ultraviolet light. Ultraviolet light comes from the sun or sunbeds.
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Melanoma is a sub-category of Skin cancer
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Latest Melanoma news from Cancer Research UK
- News story: Scientists uncover reason for second cancers after targeted melanoma treatment
19 January 2012 - Press Release: First patients enrolled in project to improve NHS cancer gene testing
21 November 2011 - News story: Advanced skin cancer drug 'not cost-effective' for NHS
14 October 2011 - Press Release: Sunburn rife as men skimp on sunscreen
29 August 2011 - News story: Study reveals 16 to 30-year-olds are worst at skin cancer prevention
5 July 2011 - News story: New law protects under-18s from sunbed dangers
8 April 2011 - News story: Lab tests suggest arthritis drug could slow melanoma skin cancer growth
23 March 2011 - Press Release: AstraZeneca and Pfizer join Cancer Research UK's Stratified Medicine Programme
1 February 2011 - News story: Experimental melanoma drug shows promise in phase-III trial
20 January 2011 - Press Release: DNA repair genes help predict impact of chemo for melanoma
13 August 2010
- News story: Protein linked to spread of skin cancer
22 November 2011 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK launches nine high-tech gene projects
18 November 2011 - Press Release: Protein prompting cells to sprout legs could cause skin cancer to spread
14 September 2011 - News story: European licence for drug to treat advanced melanoma
23 August 2011 - News story: US trials show continued promise for two new skin cancer treatments
8 June 2011 - Press Release: Two young adults diagnosed with skin cancer every day
6 April 2011 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK launches groundbreaking research centre in Oxford
15 March 2011 - News story: NICE issues new guidance on preventing skin cancer
27 January 2011 - Press Release: Faulty gene behind skin cancer also triggers spread
6 January 2011 - News story: Teenagers get sunburnt on purpose
6 July 2010
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