It also tells you whether the top layer of the melanoma looks broken (ulcerated) when looked at under a microscope. Knowing this helps your doctor decide which treatment you need. Surgery is the main ...

Surgical removal is the usual treatment in stage 2, but how much margin of normal tissue is removed depends on the size of the cancer. If the melanoma is: Between 1 mm and 2 mm thick, then 1 cm to ...

Research has introduced daromun, therapeutic vaccines, and novel combinations for metastatic melanoma, reshaping the ...

Targeted cancer drugs work by targeting the differences in cancer cells that help them to grow and survive. Other drugs help the immune system to attack the cancer. They are called immunotherapies.

Findings indicate that altering glucose metabolism in T cells boosts their therapeutic potential against melanoma, paving the ...

The confirmatory IGNYTE-3 trial is assessing RP1 in combination with nivolumab in patients with advanced melanoma who have progressed on anti-PD-1 and anti-CTLA-4 therapies or are ineligible for ...

Melanoma is a type of skin cancer. When it spreads to other places in your body, it's called metastatic, or advanced. If you have fair skin or you’ve spent lots of time in the sun, it’s a ...

After a Stage 4 cancer diagnosis and a prognosis of 16 months to live, Katie Doble didn’t know whether she should plan her ...

Melanoma is a fast-progressing skin cancer characterized by a high mortality rate after metastasis. Local chemotherapy could ...

The FDA has accepted a BLA for treatment with RP1 in combination with Opdivo for patients with advanced melanoma who have ...

“I do wonder what would have happened if I got that one scan I begged for” A mom of four is struggling with stage four melanoma, which spread to her brain while she was pregnant — and she ...