CU Cancer Center member Neil Box, PhD, is on a quest to decrease the deadly effects of melanoma.
Greg Glasgow | 
February 09, 2021
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CU Cancer Center member Neil Box, PhD, is on a quest to decrease the deadly effects of melanoma.
Greg Glasgow | February 09, 2021
Patient Care Skin Cancer Cancer
In the summer of 2019, Dr. Neil Box toured Colorado with the Sun Bus, attending events with over 700,000 participants and reaching 26,000 people in 46 service days. Free skin cancer screens identified 96 suspected skin cancers, including six cases of dangerous melanoma. The tour also gave Dr. Box the opportunity to hear what people think about skin cancer and sun protection.
Cancer Center | May 28, 2020
Patient Care Skin Cancer Magazine Melanoma
“For Christmas, we took a family photo with all the grandkids,” says Sam’s wife, Janet. She went on to explain, “The kids wanted to take this photo because they thought Sam would not be here next Christmas.”
Cancer Center | May 26, 2020
Patient Care Skin Cancer Melanoma
We all know that in the spring or before going on a beach vacation, it’s important to get a solid tan so that we don’t get burned. After all, it’s sun burns and not sun tans that cause skin cancer, right? Not so fast, says Neil Box, PhD, University of Colorado Cancer Center investigator and president of the Colorado Melanoma Foundation.
Cancer Center | May 18, 2020
Healio
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In the 2016 animated film “Moana,” the title character bravely battled a volcanic demon and saved her people.
La Voz
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Now that summer has officially arrived, thoughts might be turning to a new seasonal look. But, before that, it might be wise to think about another look, one that results from spending too much time in the sun. Sunburn is not just an uncomfortable condition, it could be a precursor to skin cancer, the most common and potentially fatal cancer in the United States.
MedPage Today
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FDA advisors told the agency to wait on more data before approving an investigational immunotherapy for squamous carcinoma of the anal canal (SCAC), largely due to questions over the drug's activity.
The Denver Post
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