Eye melanoma - cracking the code to one of the most difficult cancers to detect
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English - March 22, 2022 05:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBHealth & Fitness Science Life Sciences health mental health healthy living science medical wellness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Dr Kelly Brooks from QIMR Berghofer is working to crack the code that will improve the treatment of eye melanoma, which is one of the most difficult cancers to detect and treat early. Half of these cases have already spread to other parts of the body. In most cases it is found in the liver. Dr Brooks is working on what causes the cells to spread and how researchers might block that process.