Items Tagged ‘Alexander Meves’
July 14, 2021
New Mayo study validates melanoma test to help some patients avoid surgical biopsy
By Susan Murphy 
More than 100,00 people in the U.S. are expected to be diagnosed with melanoma this year — double the number of cases compared to 30 years ago, according to the American Academy of Dermatology Association. “Melanoma accounts for only about 2% of skin cancers, but it causes a majority of skin cancer deaths,” says Alexander Meves, M.D., a Mayo […]
Tags: Alexander Meves, cancer, cancer genomics, Center for Individualized Medicine, melanoma, precision medicine
May 6, 2020
Noninvasive test may help some patients with melanoma avoid lymph node biopsy
By Advancing the Science contributor
By Jay Furst A Mayo Clinic-led research team has developed a test for patients who have melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, that shows whether they’re at risk of the cancer spreading to other areas of the body. The research, described in the journal JCO Precision Oncology, could allow some patients at low […]
Tags: Alexander Meves, cancer, Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, melanoma, research, skin cancer, Tina Hieken
April 22, 2020
Non-COVID research in the news
By Advancing the Science contributor
These stories are a little like the fabled unicorn – hard to find, but special if you do. Mayo Clinic has a wide range of research ongoing, and continues to publish their findings. Sharing those findings in this current time of “all COVID, all the time,” is challenging. Some of our research and researchers is […]
Tags: Alexander Meves, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, dermatology, melanoma, Molly Jeffery, News of the Week, oncology, opioids, Robert Jacobson, surgery, vaccines