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Monday, September 12, 2016

Melanoma May Be Stoppable With Drug That Halts Cancer Cell Proliferation

A drug already being tested in people as a treatment for cancer appears to show great promise in halting melanoma skin cancer. The drug - called pevonedistat - works in a way differently than intended and could also be effective against other cancers.

So says a new study from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville that was published in the journal EBioMedicine.

Lead researcher Tarek Abbas, assistant professor of radiation oncology, says:

"In fact, the drug is very effective on all melanomas, including those for which an effective therapeutic is lacking."

Melanoma is an aggressive skin cancer that develops when melanocytes - the cells that give skin its color - mutate and become cancerous.


Melanoma is an aggressive skin cancer that develops when cells that give skin its color mutate and
become cancerous. The researchers say they have found a drug that may stop the cancer progressing.
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