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Christmas gift for Stage 2B and 2C melanoma patients
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Christmas gift for Stage 2B and 2C melanoma patients

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    • December 8, 2021 at 1:58 am
    caman
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      FDA approves pembrolizumab for adjuvant treatment of Stage IIB or IIC melanoma. On <b>December 3, 2021</b>, the Food and Drug Administration approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) for the adjuvant treatment of adult and pediatric (≥12 years of age) patients with stage IIB or IIC melanoma following complete resection
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        • December 13, 2021 at 12:25 am
        Beany
        Participant
          Thank you Caman,

          I remember asking the doctor to give me Nivo or something similar when I was stage 2c and scared. He said he wasn’t allowed. Well, I went on to stage 4 after that!

          Japan is quite a way behind North America in terms of treatment. The use of 480mg of Opdivo, which I am on, was only approved in December 2021.

          Regards to everyone,

           

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