Revolutionary melanoma treatment offers new lease on life
It s being hailed as the biggest advancement in melanoma treatment in a decade and it s already saving lives.
Volunteer firefighter Ryan Channells was battling the Black Summer bushfires in December 2019 when he was diagnosed with stage three melanoma.
Doctors told the father-of-two he wouldn t live to see the next Christmas.
Firefighter Ryan Channells was diagnosed with melanoma and told he didn t have long to live.(9News)
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The 43-year-old found out he was eligible for a new clinical trial at the Melanoma Institute.
Typically, patients like Ryan have surgery to remove the tumours first and are then treated with cancer-fighting drugs such as immunotherapy.