Skin Cancer/Melanoma

Learn about lymph node biopsies to detect the spread of melanoma and how cancer experts are working to improve the procedure.

Researchers used a new immunotherapy technique that combines chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy, or CAR-T cell therapy, with a cancer-killing virus to more effectively target and treat solid cancer tumors in mouse models.

Researchers validated a diagnostic test for melanoma that combines genetic information from a skin biopsy with other characteristics to show whether patients are at risk of their cancer spreading.

Findings from a recent Mayo Clinic study suggest that knowledge of skin cancer risk could influence risky behavior, such as tanning bed use.

Physician assistant Casey Swanson responds to a question about cancer risk and genetic testing for a BRCA2 mutation.

A study by Mayo Clinic researchers finds that immune checkpoint inhibitors may have negative consequences in some patients, including acute kidney inflammation, known as interstitial nephritis.

Roxana S. Dronca, M.D., a hematologist and an oncologist at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, discusses her research on tumor immunology, malignant melanoma and genitourinary malignancies.