Melanoma is a severe form of skin cancer. Prevention and early diagnosis are essential. Surgery and medicines have helped improve patients' lives. Further research offers the hope of even better treatments for this increasingly common disease.
Disease: Melanoma
Last update: June 2006
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FAQ: What does the future hold?
Pharmaceutical research is working hard to develop more effective treatments. There are many being investigated. These include chemotherapeutic agents, molecules called biological response modifiers, antibody treatments and enzyme blocking agents. There are also more than 20 clinical trials investigating the effect of different adjuvant vaccines. It is hoped that this research will result in the improved treatments this disease so urgently needs.