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New treatment offers hope to melanoma patients

Video: https://www.rte.ie/news/2016/1205/836753-melanoma-cancer-cork-trial/

Updated / Dec. 5, 2016

Around 30 patients suffering from advanced melanoma cancer are being enrolled in a clinical trial in Cork, with early results indicating improved survival rates.

The trial involves a combination of two existing treatments.

Doctors are being encouraged to refer suitable patients for inclusion in the clinical trial, which is being offered by Cork Cancer Research Centre at Cork University Hospital.

Scientists believe that delivering an electrical pulse or shock directly to the tumour, along with an immunotherapy drug called IPI and low-dose chemotherapy will improve survival rates for advanced melanoma cancer patients.

Doctors involved in the clinical trial believe the new treatment will be widely adopted and have described it as one of the first of its kind in the world.