Melanoma Drugs
Melanoma Drugs
Two new melanoma drugs are offering hope to patients with advanced stages of the disease.
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" Two new drug for late stage melanoma are giving doctors and patients hope in the fight against their disease. The first drug your boy with approved by the FDA in March new study showed the drug helped patients -- two months longer than those given chemotherapy alone. This second drug. Called venue -- and and reduce the risk of dying in certain patients by more than 60% and was shown to shrink tumors eyes experts say the drugs are promising but not perfect. Less than half of melanoma patients we'll have a positive reaction and the drugs have serious side -- However because melanoma is so difficult to treat experts are celebrating the new findings especially because the small portion of patient could live a long time."
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