Melanoma Awareness: Novel Therapies Are Giving New Hope for Patients with Advanced Melanoma
The American Academy of Dermatology has designated the month of May as National Melanoma Skin Cancer Prevention Month to raise awareness about skin cancer, increasing the chances of early detection so treatments can be given early. The first Monday in the month is called Melanoma Monday. The goal is to raise awareness about melanoma. Melanoma is an aggressive form of skin cancer in which cells within moles on the skin becoming malignant (cancerous) and can spread rapidly to other areas of the body if left untreated.Late Melanoma Patients Will Need Several Lines of Therapy, Intralesional Treatment Promising Says New Paper
Despite advances in melanoma treatment, many patients with unresectable, multiple or advanced locally/regionally metastatic stage IIIB/C or stage IV M1a melanoma will need several lines of therapy according to a recent paper in Current Opinion in Oncology.Rose Bengal and Co-Inhibitory Blockade Improve Anti-Tumor Immunity, Melanoma Regression
Rose Bengal has been around for decades starting as a way to dye wool. Originally used in medicine as a stain for ophthalmologists, it has a solid safety record going back to the 1930s. Recently, oncologists have examined its efficacy against cancer, specifically melanoma.