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Immunotherapy Combo Improves Melanoma That Has Spread to Brain

The American Academy of Dermatology designates the first Monday in May as Melanoma Monday.

May is National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month.

But incidence rates continue to increase in women, children and adolescents and young adults, the Annual Report to the Nation finds.

Encouraging clinical trials find new immunotherapy drugs targeting a certain protein may be effective treatments for melanoma.

People diagnosed with advanced melanoma may soon have a new treatment option that combines two immunotherapy drugs.

More people treated with Opdivo plus Yervoy reached the 6.5-year survival mark than those treated with either drug alone.

New treatments have improved outcomes for this cancer. Find out the latest info, get support and connect with survivors.

This small, water-resistant sticker, applied to skin exposed to direct sunlight, lets you know when it is time to reapply sunscreen.

The same therapies having an impact in advanced melanoma have a comparable impact in eradicating microscopic deposits of residual disease.

Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes are T cells that know how to recognize and fight cancer.

After losing his dad and uncle to melanoma, Patrick O’Neill raises awareness and funding around the disease through horseracing.

Summer Kramer’s experience with melanoma moved her to build SUMMERSKIN – a sun protective clothing brand sold online.

Studies have shown an alarming drop in screenings—and more advanced cancer—during the COVID-19 pandemic.