Summary of Previous Postings
Summary for 2013
Date:Thursday May 9, 2013
Title:FDA issues proposal order to reclassify sunlamp products
Abstract:The U. S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a proposed order that, if finalised, would reclassify sunlamp products and require labelling to include a recommendation designed to warn young people not to use these devices.
New portal identifies melanoma clinical trials in NZ (07.May.13)
Vitamin D status and skin cancer risk (02.May.13)
Australian call for nationwide solarium ban (30.Apr.13)
European Medicines Agency review of vemurafenib (Zelboraf®) (26.Apr.13)
Need to increase occupational sun protection in New Zealand (24.Apr.13)
Zelboraf denied inclusion on the PBS listing in Australia (23.Apr.13)
Increasing incidence of childhood and adolescent melanoma in the US (22.Apr.13)
Dermoscopic evaluation of nodular melanoma (15.Apr.13)
Feedback sought on draft melanoma standards (12.Apr.13)
Summary for 2012
Potential drug combinations for difficult-to-treat melanomas (20.Dec.12)
More effective immunotherapy for melanoma hinges on blocking suppressive factors (18.Dec.12)
More Australian states ban sunbeds (17.Dec.12)
Victorian Skin Cancer Prevention Framework 2013-2017 (16.Dec.12)
Cancer Forum focus on skin cancer (11.Dec.12)
Latest Consumer NZ sunbed operator survey results (10.Dec.12)
Master regulator important for melanoma (08.Dec.12)
Melanoma risk lower among vitiligo patients (06.Dec.12)
Vemurafenib triggers RAS-mutant leukaemia (05.Dec.12)
Negative pigment network can distinguish melanoma (02.Dec.12)
Summary for 2011
Gene controlling melanoma spread identified (21.Dec.11)
Cancer information systems update (20.Dec.11)
NZ price of cancer report (20.Dec.11)
Indoor tanning and risk of early-onset basal cell carcinoma (19.Dec.11)
Impact of physician screening on melanoma detection (15.Dec.11)
Summary for 2010
Burden of Cancer Report (29.Dec.10)
Drug-resistant melanomas require combination therapy (23.Dec.10)
Consensus vitamin D position statement (22.Dec.10)
Reduced melanoma after regular sunscreen use: randomized trial follow-up (07.Dec.10)
7th Edition of AJCC Melanoma Staging System (06.Dec.10)
Summary for 2009
UK government may ban sunbed use for those under 18 (22.Dec.09)
Prognostic model for stage II melanoma (15.Dec.09)
Final Version of 2009 AJCC Melanoma Staging and Classification (10.Dec.09)
Melanoma Molecular Map Project: A useful website for clinicians and scientists (09.Dec.09)
Outdoor Workers’ Perceptions of Risks of Excess Sun-Exposure (08.Dec.09)
