My Malignant Melanoma

Another promising drug with a catchy name passes stage one trials for Melanoma treatment. Details here.

It targets a specific mutation present in 60% of cases, so it will not work for everyone, but something that worked for 60% of people would be a massive leap forward. So far it only gives stage 4 patients four more progression-free months at best.

Let's not get too excited, lots of drugs clear the first hurdle. It'd be nice if its initial promise is borne out, though...

Also in today's medical news, another vaccine is claimed to show an effect against Melanoma in early trials, despite recent advice to rethink the whole melanoma vaccine approach based on an analysis of all studies to date..