melanoma
FDA approves groundbreaking treatment for advanced melanoma
Posted in Medicine, Science on 19th Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller
TIL therapy shrank tumours in about a third of patients who had run out of treatment options, according to a clinical trial.
New immune therapy for advanced melanoma offers hope for hard-to-treat disease
Posted in Medicine, Science on 9th Dec, 2022
by Alex Muller
TIL therapy, which uses a patient's own immune cells to fight cancer, was found in a clinical trial to work better than the existing treatment for metastatic melanoma.
Blood test may give early warning of skin cancer relapse
Posted in Medicine on 7th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
A blood test may be able to sound early warning bells that patients with advanced melanoma skin cancer are relapsing.
FDA approves use of engineered herpes virus to treat cancer
Posted in Medicine on 29th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller
The drug, which relies upon a genetically engineered herpes virus to attack and kill the cancerous cells, is the first virotherapy drug to gain approval.