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New tool could help cancer patients get the right treatment early on

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Skin cancer Source: AAP

For skin cancer patients undertaking immunotherapy, the wait to learn if the treatment has been successful can be harrowing.


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By Phillippa Carisbrooke

Presented by Ricky Kusumo

Source: SBS




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For skin cancer patients undertaking immunotherapy, the wait to learn if the treatment has been successful can be harrowing.


Fifty percent of advanced melanoma patients do not respond to immunotherapy.

The world's first new online tool was developed in Australia. This tool can help choose the right treatment for the patient early on.

With this tool oncologists can predict more accurately how a person will respond to treatment before they start.


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