New Ways to Image and Therapeutically Target Melanoma Using Nanomedicine? Moffitt Cancer Center Study

Because the incidence of malignant melanoma is rising faster than any other cancer in the U.S., researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and colleagues at Tampa-based Intezyne Technologies, Inc., Western Carolina University and the University of Arizona are working overtime to develop new technologies to aid in both malignant melanoma diagnosis and therapy. A tool of great promise comes from the world of nanomedicine -- where tiny drug delivery systems are measured in the billionths of meters and are being designed to deliver targeted therapies.