Friday, June 8, 2012

New treatment options for metastasized skin cancer leads to therapy debate among experts in the field

Melanoma is the most common form of cancer in the United States.  Over one million cases are diagnosed each year. 

Most of those cases are resolved and cured up-front.  But a significant number are not caught early enough and they metastasize, usually in the bone.

This is an excellent debate on CancerNetwork about what to do, and how to treat them:

ASCO: Expert Panel Explores Questions Regarding Drug Selection, Drug Sequencing in Advanced Melanoma

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