Infusing chemotherapy into the liver gives extra months of disease-free life in melanoma patients
Friday, September 23, 2011 - 18:00
in Health & Medicine
Melanoma of the eye (ocular or uveal melanoma) frequently spreads to the liver and, once this has happened, there is no effective treatment and patients die within an average of two to four months. Only about one in ten patients live for a year. Now, final results from a phase III study have demonstrated that a new treatment significantly extends the time patients can live without the disease progressing.