New skin cancer drug gives hope to patients

21/03/12 13:18 CET

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Charlie Jones believes he’s been given a second chance at life, thanks to a new drug specifically designed to target advanced skin cancer.

Doctors told him he probably wouldn’t live for long after an emergency operation to treat an agressive melanoma. Then he was given a course of Vemurafenib.

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