Melanoma and female hormones: is the tumor to hardball or the immunity to be steered at?
Medicomunicare Magazine | Health and Medical News
The link between estrogens and breast cancer has long been defined, but a Duke-led research team has identified how these hormones can also influence the growth of other cancers, notably melanoma. Building on observations that male melanoma patients who are treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors tend to have better responses than women, the team found that