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Melanoma Vaccine
A vaccine designed to treat patients with advanced melanoma has shown promise in a new study. In a new late-stage clinical trial, researchers found that using the peptide vaccine along with the immunotherapy drug Interleukin-2 improved response rates and progression-free survival in patients with advanced melanoma. In 2009, the American Cancer Society estimate that 69,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with melanoma and about 8,600 will die of the disease.
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Study Shows Drug Increases Survival of Advanced Melanoma Patients
We all know melanoma to be the deadliest form of skin cancer. There are few treatments available for those individuals with advanced... Read more »
Melanoma Drug Approved by the FDA
Last summer we reported how a drug called ipilimumab gave skin cancer researchers hope that there was something doctors could do for... Read more »
Skin Cancer Treatment Options for Melanoma
If you are a patient who has been diagnosed with melanoma the shock and fright of hearing that word can cause you to block everything... Read more »
Amelanotic Melanoma and Subungual Melanoma
When we talk about melanoma, most people picture an irregular, dark, large mole that has changed over time, and indeed, these... Read more »
What is Ocular Melanoma?
Hi everyone. Today I want to talk about ocular melanoma, a type of melanoma that develops in the eye. While melanoma is usually associated... Read more »
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Melanoma Vaccine Effective in New Trials
Researchers say a new vaccine for melanoma has shown promise in clinical trials. In recent studies, eight melanoma patients achieved complete... Read more »
Clinical trial: Vaccine study for melanoma
This is a study to determine whether M-Vax is effective in shrinking melanomas that have spread (stage IV). To increase it effectiveness, the M-Vax... Read more »
Clinical trial: Vaccine for metastatic melanoma
This is a study to determine if any of four vaccines are effective in treating patients with metastatic melanoma. This Phase II study is currently... Read more »
Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers: References
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
for MelanomaTreatment for melanoma depends on various factors, including:The site of the original lesionThe stage of the cancerThe patient's age and... Read more »
Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers: Treatment for Melanoma
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
ScreeningEducation and prevention programs have led to improved screening for skin cancer, which in turn has improved diagnosis and survival rates... Read more »
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