Melanoma Survivors

FDA grants GSK ‘priority review’ on melanoma treatment

FDA grants GSK ‘priority review’ on melanoma treatment

By Michelle Yeomans

The Food and Drug Administration has given GSK a ‘priority review’ on the work it’s been doing on a melanoma treatment, which if approved, will see for the first time, the dual use of ‘Tafinlar’ in the treatment of skin cancer.

Education on sunscreen use vital to prevent melanoma risk

Education on sunscreen use vital to prevent melanoma risk

By Andrew MCDOUGALL

More needs to be done to educate the general population of the risk of sun and UV exposure, and to influence sunscreen use, after a study revealed that even some melanoma survivors are still not protecting themselves as well as they could.