Feeling ‘so lucky’ to be alive after receiving new melanoma treatment

Source: The Age, February 2021

After losing a cousin to melanoma and being diagnosed with stage three of the same cancer, Sandra Moore feels lucky to be alive three years after receiving a potentially breakthrough treatment.

A new study published on Tuesday in the peer-reviewed medical journal Nature Medicine has shown that a short course of immunotherapy drug treatment before surgery is effective in preventing the deadly spread of the disease in melanoma patients who are at high risk of the cancer recurring.

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