Most skin cancers are highly curable, but require surgery that can be painful and scarring. A new study by Loyola University Health System researchers could lead to alternative treatments that would shrink skin cancer tumors with drugs. The drugs would work by turning on a gene that prevents skin cells from becoming cancerous, said senior author Mitchell Denning, Ph.D. The study was published Jan. 15, 2010 in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. More than 1 million people in the United States are diagnosed with skin cancer each year...
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