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Y! Health Skin Cancer News
Y! Health Skin Cancer News, updated continuously.

• Painkillers don't protect against melanoma (Reuters)

  Posted on 24 Jun 2008 at 4:15 pm
  Reuters - Lab evidence suggests that the class of painkillers known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) could play a role in preventing melanoma, but a large study has failed to find any evidence to support this possibility.
  

• Pro Baseball Helps Keep Skin Cancer From Scoring (HealthDay)

  Posted on 20 Jun 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- Summer officially starts Saturday and, with it, Major League Baseball is gearing up to warn players and their fans of the dangers of skin cancer.
  

• Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Boosts Melanoma Incidence (HealthDay)

  Posted on 20 Jun 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients treated with methotrexate have an increased incidence of melanoma and other cancers, an Australian study says.
  

• Experimental Therapy Beats Back One Patient's Melanoma (HealthDay)

  Posted on 18 Jun 2008 at 11:46 pm
  HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- Patient "Number Four," taking part in an experimental melanoma treatment program at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, was a very lucky man.
  

• Man with deadly skin cancer saved by new treatment (AP)

  Posted on 18 Jun 2008 at 9:14 pm
  AP - An Oregon man, given less than a year to live, had a complete remission of advanced deadly skin cancer after an experimental treatment that revved up his immune system to fight the tumors.
  

• US doctors kill skin cancer with cloned T-cells (AFP)

  Posted on 18 Jun 2008 at 5:27 pm
  AFP - US doctors have for the first time successfully treated a skin cancer patient with cells cloned from his own immune system, a study released Wednesday showed.
  

• Radiation helps even when prostate cancer returns (Reuters)

  Posted on 17 Jun 2008 at 5:12 pm
  Reuters - Radiation therapy can help prolong the lives of men with aggressive prostate cancer whose tumors return after surgery, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
  

• Medicare Costs for Cancer Treatment Soar (HealthDay)

  Posted on 10 Jun 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- Costs for treating Medicare patients with cancer increased substantially from 1991 to 2002, researchers report.
  

• Teens may be more susceptible to some cancers (AP)

  Posted on 9 Jun 2008 at 1:31 pm
  AP - Teenagers may be more susceptible than adults to certain types of cancer, including cervical, testicular and skin cancer, British scientists said Monday.