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Research from University of Colorado in the Area of Melanomas Described

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 17th, 2012

2012 JAN 17 -- According to the authors of recent research from Aurora, Colorado, "Phenotypic and molecular heterogeneity in human melanoma has impaired efforts to explain many of the clinically important features of melanoma. For example, many of the underlying mechanisms that might predict age-of-onset, time to metastasis and other key elements in melanoma progression remain unknown."

"Furthermore, melanoma staging used to predict outcome and treatment has not yet moved beyond a basic phenotypic classification. While molecularly targeted therapies show great promise for melanoma patients, establishing accurate animal models that recapitulate human...

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