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FDA Approves New Treatment for Most Common Form of Advanced Skin Cancer

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 24, 2015.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Odomzo (sonidegib) to treat patients with locally advanced basal cell carcinoma that has recurred following surgery or radiation therapy, or who are not candidates for surgery or radiation therapy.

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Skin cancer is the most common cancer and basal cell carcinoma accounts for approximately 80 percent of non-melanoma skin cancers. Basal cell carcinoma starts in the top layer of the skin (called the…

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