Description: Melanomas arise from pigmented cells called melanocytes, typically in the skin. Melanomas can spread to distal parts of the body, through a process called metastasis. Metastasis is the primary cause of mortality in all cancers; melanomas have the highest...
Description: A major obstacle to even the best melanoma therapies is that in the majority of cases, the tumor never completely goes away. Even if a little bit remains, called the minimal residual disease, the tumor can eventually start growing again and be...
Principal Investigator: Stefan Kurtenbach, PhD University of Miami Mentor: J. William Harbour, MD Uveal melanoma (UM) is a highly aggressive eye cancer that leads to metastatic death in up to half of patients. UM has a propensity to undergo early micrometastasis prior...
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