Posts Tagged ‘Melanoma’

Vitamin D May Improve Melanoma Survival

29th September 2009 by admin No Comments

Higher levels of vitamin D are linked to less severe, less deadly melanoma lesions in people with skin cancer, new research suggests.
The findings provide more support for the idea that vitamin D is crucial to skin health. Many Americans, however, don’t get enough of it, perhaps because they limit sun [...]

Relay for Life Draws 1,500 to California High Track

24th June 2009 by admin 2 Comments

About 1,500 people turned out Saturday to give cancer a collective punch.
The ninth annual Relay for Life at California High started with an opening ceremony and “survivor lap” and continued throughout the day, culminating in a luminaria ceremony to celebrate those who lost their lives to all forms of the disease.
About 50 teams walked the [...]

Immune Therapies Finally Working Against Cancer

2nd June 2009 by admin No Comments

First there was surgery, then chemotherapy and radiation. Now, doctors have overcome 30 years of false starts and found success with a fourth way to fight cancer: using the body’s natural defender, the immune system.
The approach is called a cancer vaccine, although it treats the disease rather than prevents it.
At a cancer conference Sunday, researchers [...]