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| {{CMG}}; '''Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:''' [[User:Aditya Govindavarjhulla|Aditya Govindavarjhulla, M.B.B.S.]] [mailto:agovi@perfuse.org],[[User:Raviteja Reddy Guddeti|Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S.]] [mailto:rgudetti@perfuse.org]
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| == Future and Investigational treatment strategies ==
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| In 2007, the Australian biopharmaceutical company, Clinuvels Pharmaceuticals Limited began [[clinical trials]] with a [[melanocyte-stimulating hormone]] called [[melanotan]] (known by the [[International Nonproprietary Name]] ''afamelanotide'', formerly CUV1647)<ref name="Clinuvel-INN">{{Cite web|url=http://www.clinuvel.com/resources/pdf/asx_announcements/2008/20080617WHOGenericName.pdf|title=World Health Organisation assigns CUV1647 generic name|accessdate=2008-06-17|publisher=Clinuvel|year=2008|format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]}}</ref> to provide [[photoprotection]] for organ transplant patients against squamous cell carcinoma of the skin and [[actinic keratosis]].<ref name="Clinuvel">[http://www.clinuvel.com/en/faqs/ Clinuvel » Investors » FAQs<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="PharmaAsia">[http://www.pharmaasia.com/article-6618-clinuvelsdrugbeginsglobalphaseiiskincancertrials-Asia.html PharmaAsia - Clinuvel’s Drug Begins Global Phase II Skin Cancer Trials]</ref>
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| [[Cetuximab]] is a monoclonal antibody which targets the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and has antitumor activity in patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the skin as suggested by case reports.
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| The use of natural agents in the treatment of cancer is gaining popularity. For oral squamous cell carcinoma, use of curcumin microemulsions is under consideration. New modalities, such as the use of ultrasound mediated delivery of these microemulsions are also being investigated. <ref name="pmid3289448">{{cite journal|author=Lenaz G, Fato R, Baracca A, Solaini G, Parenti Castelli G, Rabbi A |title=Dynamics of biological membranes |journal=Ann. Ist. Super. Sanita |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=9–21 |year=1988 |pmid=3289448 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
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