Why do women with melanoma do better than men?

Elife. 2018 Jan 16:7:e33511. doi: 10.7554/eLife.33511.

Author

Keiran Sm Smalley^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Tumor Biology, The Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, United States.
² Department of Cutaneous Oncology, The Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, United States.

Abstract

Harnessing female sex hormones may improve how all patients with melanoma respond to treatment.

Keywords: GPCR; GPER; cancer biology; human; melanoma; mouse.

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MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Male
Melanoma*
Skin Neoplasms*