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SUMMARY:How ageing affects melanoma biology and outcome - Dr Amaya Viros
DTSTART:20190514T113000Z
DTEND:20190514T123000Z
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CONTACT:Emma Copley
DESCRIPTION:Cancer is more common in elderly patients and melanoma inciden
 ce in particular continues to rise in this population. Most melanoma death
 s occur in older patients\, and mortality is specifically increasing in th
 e elderly. Even after taking the main prognostic factors: Breslow\, mitosi
 s and ulceration into account\, there is a survival discrepancy between el
 derly and young patients\, and old age is recognised in multivariate analy
 sis as the strongest independent adverse prognostic factor together with B
 reslow thickness. We aim to study the biological tumour differences underp
 inning the difference in survival and the differences in the aged skin mic
 roenvironment driving unique malignant potential at the earliest stages of
  disease.\n
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, Department of Pathology\, Tennis Court Road
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