Curtis Brown carries business cards with old pictures of his tumors, including an egg-sized growth on his neck. He says they were each shed after the application of a flesh-eating paste containing the medicinal herb bloodroot. "I cured myself of cancer," the cards read ... Georgia's medical board and the Food and Drug Administration don't share Brown's enthusiasm for the paste. (ABC News)

August 5, 2005

The increase in rates of melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer, in the United States in recent years may reflect heightened diagnostic scrutiny rather than a true increase in new cases, the results of a study suggest. (UPMC Cancer Centers)

Posted by news editor | Filed under: Melanoma

July 15, 2005

In a Mediterranean population typically at low risk for developing melanoma, carriers of mutations in the pigmentation gene MC1R are at increased risk of developing the skin cancer and having it progress, a study hints. (UPMC Cancer Centers)

Posted by news editor | Filed under: Melanoma

June 2, 2005

Australia has the highest skin cancer rate in the world and despite decades of health campaign the rate of melanoma, which is the most common kind of cancer, is soaring, a new report said. (Reuters)

Posted by news editor | Filed under: Skin Cancer

April 13, 2005

Promising new gene therapy against skin cancer, in which researchers use electricity to open skin pores and deliver an immune-bosting gene, is now being readied for clinical trials. (Forbes)

Posted by news editor | Filed under: Skin Cancer