It's natural to want the very latest treatments when you have a serious health condition like metastatic melanoma. One way to get those cutting-edge drugs is to sign up for a clinical trial.

The clinical approach, epidemiology, diagnostic procedures, and management, along with followup of superficial spreading malignant melanoma are discussed. A 45-year-old Caucasian female presented ...

When traveling, cancer cells may extend directly to the lungs, such as cancers that begin in the esophagus or chest wall. But most cancer cells travel indirectly, through three possible ways: Lung ...

Opdualag was the first drug in the LAG-3 class to get FDA approval in 2022 and sales in its first indication of first-line treatment of unresectable or metastatic melanoma have grown steadily ...

The five-year survival rate for patients with distant metastatic melanoma remains low, at approximately 35%. BioNTech and Regeneron are competing with rivals Moderna and MSD in the mRNA melanoma ...

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The updated NCCN Guidelines now include HEPZATO KIT as a Category 2A treatment option for patients with hepatic-dominant uveal melanoma. Previously, the guidelines limited its use to patients with ...

Melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer. It develops when skin cells multiply rapidly as a consequence of mutations in their DNA caused by UV exposure. Melanomas originate in the pigment ...

Radiotherapy for advanced melanoma aims to relieve symptoms and improve a person’s quality of life. Where the cancer has spread to is called a metastasis or secondary cancer. If there are a small ...

Metastasis is the spread of cancer to a part of the body distant from the original primary cancer. This occurs through the transfer of malignant or cancerous cells via lymph or blood. The new ...