Victorians will be the first in Australia to access a revolutionary new blood test to diagnose melanoma sooner and give patients the best chance of survival.
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Australian Stage 3 melanoma patients forced to self-fund recurrent treatment while PBS makes decision on listing
AN AUSTRALIAN man has said the decision to pay $100,000 to self-fund his own treatment was more stressful than being told he had cancer.
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Oncolytic Virus Plus Ipilimumab Improves Responses in Advanced Melanoma
The combination of an oncolytic virus known as talimogene laherparepvec with ipilimumab yielded a significantly higher response rate than ipilimumab alone in a phase II study of patients with advanced melanoma.
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National Skin Cancer Action Week 19-25 November 2018
Ahead of this year’s National Skin Cancer Action Week, MMP clinicians and researchers descended on Brisbane for a joint meeting of the 9th World Congress of Melanoma and 14th International Congress of the Society for Melanoma Research – the world’s largest congress on melanoma with over 1500 delegates from 53 countries.
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