Researchers Find Potential Melanoma Treatment
Researchers Find Potential Melanoma
Treatment
Melanoma, one of the least common forms of skin cancer, is nevertheless responsible for an estimated 75 percent of deaths caused by skin cancers. According to statistics provided by the World Health Organization, around 48,000 people die each year from malignant melanomas. The cancer is more commonly found in women and is particularly prevalent among Caucasians living in sunny climates.
A new study conducted at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, however, may have found a breakthrough in the fight against this deadly disease. Researchers reportedly discovered that the gen responsible for cancer growth can be suppressed by a certain protein.
The malignant gene is commonly referred to as the oncogene, and if it can be regulated, then melanoma can be treated or prevented. Researchers found that the presence of a protein called macroH2A was directly related to the growth of melanoma. As the disease becomes more aggressive, macroH2A levels decreased. Researchers experimented with removing the protein from the system, which caused the melanoma to progress more rapidly in both growth and metastasis. When they re-introduced the protein into the system, the melanoma's growth slowed.
Researchers say that while the study is encouraging, more testing needs to be done before the treatment becomes available to patients. If testing proves out, it would mean treatment for the deadly disease would become a simple matter of injections of the protein into patients, which would be a breeze compared to currently available treatments like chemotherapy, radiation treatments, and surgical removal of tumors.
Melanoma, one of the least common forms of skin cancer, is nevertheless responsible for an estimated 75 percent of deaths caused by skin cancers. According to statistics provided by the World Health Organization, around 48,000 people die each year from malignant melanomas. The cancer is more commonly found in women and is particularly prevalent among Caucasians living in sunny climates.
A new study conducted at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, however, may have found a breakthrough in the fight against this deadly disease. Researchers reportedly discovered that the gen responsible for cancer growth can be suppressed by a certain protein.
The malignant gene is commonly referred to as the oncogene, and if it can be regulated, then melanoma can be treated or prevented. Researchers found that the presence of a protein called macroH2A was directly related to the growth of melanoma. As the disease becomes more aggressive, macroH2A levels decreased. Researchers experimented with removing the protein from the system, which caused the melanoma to progress more rapidly in both growth and metastasis. When they re-introduced the protein into the system, the melanoma's growth slowed.
Researchers say that while the study is encouraging, more testing needs to be done before the treatment becomes available to patients. If testing proves out, it would mean treatment for the deadly disease would become a simple matter of injections of the protein into patients, which would be a breeze compared to currently available treatments like chemotherapy, radiation treatments, and surgical removal of tumors.
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