When melanoma is suspected, something known as an excision biopsy is performed. This is the surgical removal of the cancerous area, along with a margin of surrounding tissue. It is possible, when a ...

My sister-in-law is 82 years old and was recently diagnosed with melanoma. She has an appointment for treatment in a couple of weeks. I thought this was a serious and deadly disease.

Nerves from the spinal cord travel through the back muscles to the skin ... and spinal nerves. A biopsy (removal of a sample of tissue to analyze in the lab) can rule out other causes of skin changes.

Data come from patients with stage 3 melanoma enrolled in a phase 3 randomized trial and showed that detection of circulating ...

According to Soyer and his colleagues, while 3D TBP has the potential to enhance early detection, its increased excision rates without a clear reduction in melanoma incidence — combined with ...

Researchers from the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN) have applied AI-driven processes for detecting tertiary ...

Researchers from the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN) have applied AI-driven processes for detecting tertiary ...

Those replaced atoms allowed the researchers to trace where they went in muscle tissue, and they took samples of tissue from participants’ leg muscle at the beginning and end of the trial.