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Melanoma: Taming a migratory menace

  • Written by Richard Neubig, Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University
imageFormer President Jimmy Carter in Aug., 2015 at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga. Carter was undergoing treatment for advanced melanoma at the time. Via AP.David Goldman/AP

The deadliest cancer of the skin is cutaneous melanoma. In 2017 over 160,000 Americans are expected to be diagnosed with melanoma, and over half will have invasive disease,...

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