June 19, 2014

Drug Shows Promise for the First Time Against Metastatic Melanoma of the Eye



For the first time, a therapy has been found that can delay progression of metastatic uveal melanoma, a rare and deadly form of melanoma of the eye. Results from a multicenter clinical trial show that a new drug called selumetinib increases progression-free survival, the length of time during and after treatment that a patient with metastases lives with the disease without it progressing. The findings were published in the online edition of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.