$PVCT: Single Injection May Revolutionize Melanoma Treatment, Moffitt Study Shows

"A new study at Moffitt Cancer Center could offer hope to people with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Researchers are investigating whether an injectable known as PV-10 can shrink tumors and reduce the spread of cancer. PV-10 is a solution developed from Rose Bengal, a water-soluble dye commonly used to stain damaged cells in the eye. Early clinical trials show PV-10 can boost immune response in melanoma tumors, as well as the blood stream.

Various injection therapies for melanoma have been examined over the past 40 years, but few have shown the promising results we are seeing with PV-10,” said Shari Pilon-Thomas, Ph.D., assistant member of Moffitt’s Immunology Program...

...The researchers said the dye solution appeared to produce a robust anti-tumor immune response and may be safer than existing immunological agents."

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Bold is my emphasis.

Moffitt's full press release is here.