2 new drugs a 'major breakthrough' in treating deadly skin cancer

Sunday, June 5, 2011 - 14:30 in Health & Medicine

Trials of vemurafenib and Yervoy deliver dramatic results in survival rates for those with metastatic melanoma.Two new drugs can significantly increase survival in patients with metastatic melanoma, the advanced and generally lethal form of skin cancer, researchers reported Sunday.

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