Nodular melanoma is a type of skin cancer. It’s a dangerous form of melanoma that grows quickly. Only about 15% of all melanomas are nodular. But it causes nearly half of melanoma-related deaths.

Nodular cutaneous lesions result from amyloid ... It may take time to determine a definitive diagnosis of amyloidosis. Differential diagnoses should be considered (see Table 3).

The agency cleared the drug, called Amvuttra, for people with a cardiac form of the rare disease transthyretin amyloidosis. Alnylam already sells the therapy for individuals with a genetic type of the ...

The study team set out to test how effective combining 11 C-PiB PET/CT and 99m Tc-DPD scintigraphy would be in detecting cardiac amyloidosis and differentiating between light chain and transthyretin ...

A new study published in the journal of Clinical and Experimental Dermatology showed that for non-nodular primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis (PLCA), laser therapy is recommended, but surgery is ...

Nodular melanoma is a fast-growing, aggressive form of skin cancer that can grow into the deeper layers of the skin quickly if not removed. It is the second most common kind of melanoma. Even so, ...

The other authors report no conflicts. Dr Vanhentenrijk is supported by a grant from the Belgian American Educational Foundation and the Pfizer transthyretin amyloidosis fellowship grant. Drs Grodin ...

Incyte INCY announced positive results from two late-stage studies evaluating the safety and efficacy of its twice-daily ruxolitinib cream 1.5% in adults with prurigo nodularis (PN). The data ...

If you have this skin condition, you know how itchy it can be. Prurigo nodularis is considered one of the itchiest skin conditions, if not the itchiest. Many people say that their skin itches severely ...

Curcumin is a polyphenol compound that exhibits multiple physiological activities. To elucidate the mechanisms by which curcumin affects systemic amyloidosis, we investigated amyloid deposition and ...