skin cancer Archive — Page 3 of 6
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February 11, 2016
Transplant Center initiative seeks to boost cancer education
Lindsay Ramsey Smith, MSN, R.N., a quality consultant for the Vanderbilt Transplant Center (VTC), recently uncovered some interesting data that sparked a center-wide improvement project. -
January 27, 2016
Recent Publications by VICC Researchers
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October 29, 2015
Investigators find clues to melanoma treatment resistance
Nearly half of all patients with malignant melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, have a mutation in the BRAF gene found in their tumors. Mutations in the BRAF gene turn on a cancer growth switch known as the MAP kinase pathway. -
July 16, 2015
Veterans returning from Middle East face higher skin cancer risk
Soldiers who served in the glaring desert sunlight of Iraq and Afghanistan returned home with an increased risk of skin cancer, due not only to the desert climate, but also a lack of sun protection, Vanderbilt dermatologist Jennifer Powers, M.D., reports in a study published recently in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. -
June 15, 2015
Cancer Killers
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June 15, 2015
On Course
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March 12, 2015
Gene mutations may predict melanoma response to immunotherapies
Melanoma patients whose tumors test positive for mutations in the NRAS gene were more likely to benefit from new immunotherapy drugs, according to a new study led by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) investigators.