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 ...

Stage 1 melanoma has two distinct categories ... This will provide information on your overall outlook and help guide treatment. The first part of staging is to find out how thick the tumor ...

Treatment options ... a reduction in melanoma cell growth. Further research is necessary to fully understand its potential in treating advanced-stage melanoma, especially in combination therapies ...

With breakthroughs from melanoma to pancreatic cancer, this has been a year of great promise in the field of cancer vaccines.

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 ...

In phase 1, MDX-1106 treatment led to 15 confirmed responses among 46 metastatic melanoma patients. As of June, none of the responders had relapsed, with more than a year passing in several cases.

He said there is now "the possibility that 50% of people with stage four melanoma are alive five years after having immunotherapy treatment ... blood cells called PD-1. Ipilimumab blocks a ...

Denileukin diftitox is under clinical development by Citius Oncology and currently in Phase II for Melanoma. According to GlobalData, Phase II drugs for Melanoma have a 27% phase transition success ...

While melanoma can be life-threatening, early detection significantly improves treatment outcomes ... Health experts say that identifying more early-stage melanomas has not resulted in fewer ...

[1] Melanoma skin cancer or NMSC risk is 14% higher in people who receive at least one computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain before age 20, with no significant effect of CT scans to other ...

Immunotherapy is transforming oncology by harnessing the immune system's power to fight cancer like never before. Notable advancements include a bioengineered therapeutic platform that boosts immune ...