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• Melanoma Rates On the Rise Among Young Adults: Study Young women hit the hardest, tanning beds may explain trend, researchers say
  By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter April 1, 2012 (HealthDay News)
  New research highlights a dramatic increase in the rates of melanoma, a potentially fatal form of skin cancer, among young adults, with young women being hit the hardest.
• Drug to combat common form of skin cancer approved
  San Francisco Chronicle Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:19 PM PST
  Federal regulators today approved the first drug for people with advanced forms of basal cell carcinoma, the most common kind of skin cancer as well as the most common cancer in general in the United States.
• Woman's Recovery From Advanced Melanoma Could Help Guide Research In rare case, her immune system was spurred to eliminate tumors even in distant sites, researchers say
  WEDNESDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News)
  Combining the immune-based drug ipilimumab with targeted radiation therapy improved one advanced melanoma patient's ability to fight the deadly skin cancer, a new study says.
• New drug for melanoma patients
  BigPond News Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:11 PM PST
  A new drug to treat advanced skin cancer has nearly doubled the average survival time, researchers say.
• Drop in Melanoma Deaths Limited to Educated Whites: Study Rates not declining in skin cancer patients with less schooling, researchers say
  MONDAY, Jan. 16 (HealthDay News)
  Recent declines in death rates due to the skin cancer melanoma among white Americans appear to be limited to those with higher levels of education, researchers have found.