http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/4410/wesley-maddox Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 05 May 2026 06:06:58 -0400 Tue, 05 May 2026 06:06:58 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1631/causal-inference-to-ascertain-causes-of-metastasis-in-melanoma By Wesley Maddox - Skin cutaneous melanoma (SKCM) is a cancer affecting melanin-producing cells in the skin. It is a fairly common type of cancer with approximately 70,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Unlike many other cancer types, it has a fairly high survival rate with only approximately 8,000 deaths each year (The Cancer Genome Atlas, 2015). Similarly, many melanomas are diagnosed only after metastasis because many of those melanomas stay on the skin or other pigmented tissues and never metastasize. Much of the research regarding this disease has recently focused on attempting to understand and predict metastasis... Sat, 01 Apr 2017 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1631/causal-inference-to-ascertain-causes-of-metastasis-in-melanoma