American Cancer Society (ACS), roughly 100,350 new cases of melanoma will have been diagnosed in the U.S. by the end of 2020.
Melanoma accounts for more fatalities than any other type of skin cancer, and the ACS anticipate 6,850 deaths from melanoma this year.Recent advances in the delivery of topical chemotherapy for melanoma offer more effective postsurgical treatment options than standard chemotherapy, with reduced toxicity and side effects.However, these therapies are conventionally microneedle-based and can be painful, limiting their acceptance.
Now, a new study from researchers at Purdue University, in Lafayette, IN, and published in the journal ACS Nano, proposes a solution.The researchers have developed a patch that painlessly.