Drug therapy keeps skin cancer away for five years

A new drug therapy available to Irish patients is being hailed as a cure for skin cancer which, up to now, had a very poor prognosis.

The therapy has been described as a “game-changer” by oncologists at the European Cancer Congress, under way in Amsterdam.

Prof John Crown, an oncologist at two Dublin hospitals, said it was “exciting times” for both skin cancer patients and the doctors who treat them.