…can become cancerous and mutate. These changes result in the development of a type of melanoma called mucosal melanoma. While…
Mucosal Melanoma
…can become cancerous and mutate. These changes result in the development of a type of melanoma called mucosal melanoma. While…
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FDA Grants Toripalimab Fast Track Designation for Mucosal Melanoma
…a subtype of melanoma with mucosal origin. Compared with cutaneous melanoma, mucosal melanoma is less responsive to traditional chemotherapy and…
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Jonathan Swingle, The Mucosal Melanoma Warrior
…never heard the term mucosal melanoma. His lack of knowledge is not surprising, as mucosal melanoma is extremely rare, accounting…
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Survivor Spotlight: Bev Johnson, Mucosal Melanoma Survivor
…doctor had never seen in her 18 years of practice: vaginal mucosal melanoma. Mucosal melanoma accounts for about 1.4% of…
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FDA Grants Toripalimab Fast Track Designation for Mucosal Melanoma
…drug designation is an important milestone for the nemvaleukin alfa program and underscores nemvaleukin’s potential clinical utility in mucosal melanoma,…
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Alkermes Announces FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Nemvaleukin Alfa for Treatment of Mucosal Melanoma
…nemvaleukin alfa program and underscores nemvaleukin’s potential clinical utility in mucosal melanoma, a particularly aggressive form of melanoma for which…
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Types of Melanoma
…melanoma here. Mucosal Melanoma Mucosal melanomas develop in the mucous membranes, such the sinuses, nasal passages, oral cavity, vagina, and…
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Part I In Plain English—When, How, and Where Melanoma Spreads
…most patients. A minority of those diagnosed with melanoma will have metastasis—meaning the melanoma will have spread to nearby skin…
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Alkermes’s disappointment hones melanoma niche focus
…melanoma patients. Alkermes is therefore focusing its efforts primarily on mucosal melanoma, where the group sees a fast path to…
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Glossary
…area where melanomas usually develop. This area is not visible to the naked eye. Desmoplastic MelanomaAlso known as spindle cell…
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