Researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a gene that facilitates the spread of malignant melanoma, a life-threatening skin cancer.

According to a press release of the research the researchers said that the gene named 'NEDD9', is abnormally abundant in more than a third of melanomas that have metastasized, but not in primary melanomas that have not spread. The protein made by the 'NEDD9' gene allows the cancer cells to migrate beyond the initial skin tumor, to invade surrounding tissues and ultimately to metastasize to distant organs

A morning after cream for sunburn might be on the market within the next two years, pending approval by the Federal Drug Administration.

Dimericine, developed by AGI Dermatics can be applied the day after sunburn occurred to speed up the body's natural process of repairing damaged DNA

According to researchers, though melanomas are more common in whites, they are more serious in African-Americans and Hispanics because the chances of detecting the skin cancer is less. According to a University of Miami study, blacks are more than three times as likely to detect melanomas at a later stage whereas in Hispanics they are twice as likely to go undetected.

AP reports, the National Cancer Institute suggests that the survival rate of early-detected melanoma is 99 percent, while the chances of survival for late detection are significantly less. Depending on the progression of the disease, the survival rate falls to between 15 and 65 percent

A report by Australian researchers suggest that high levels of dietary fat do not increase skin cancer risks, instead, it may protect against the disease.

Dr. Robert H. Granger from the Menzies Research Institute, Hobart, and colleagues analyzed a population-based study of 652 patients with skin cancer and 471 "controls" who did not

ccording to a new US study, by researchers at Rutgers University, regular exercise might protect against skin cancer.

Researchers found that female mice exposed to a form of ultraviolet light took longer to develop skin tumors if they had access to a running wheel