A new melanoma drug that tricks the body into destroying cancer cells is keeping patients alive for years longer than expected, with some researchers calling the breakthrough in immunotherapy a “penicillin moment" in cancer treatments.
Patient Stories
Ron Walker’s $150,000 cancer drug Keytruda approved for melanoma patients
Australia has become one of the latest countries to register the cancer drug that former Melbourne lord mayor Ron Walker credits with saving his life.
Approval of drug PD-1 a breakthrough for melanoma sufferers
IT is the wonderful news thousands of people have been waiting for.
A potentially lifesaving cancer PD-1 drug has finally been given the green light for use by Australian patients suffering melanoma.
It is the so-called wonder drug credited with saving the life of Melbourne businessman Ron Walker and which was tragically denied to the late Nick Auden.
Alannah Hill planned to keep her cancer a secret – then she changed her mind
By shooing her dog with her foot – and breaking a bone in the process – Alannah Hill may have saved her life. Instead of kicking the air, she thumped her toe into a heavy Victorian skirting board. When she went to get the throbbing digit mended, her doctor frowned at the brown speck on top of it and ordered a biopsy.