Sorry, I missed a key detail. What you are describing isn’t the ‘whole body mri’ I’m referencing by to.
People in high risk situations like multiple myeloma, or various metastic diseases, or system conditions are a whole different category and there is clear benefit to screening them.
One caveat is that regular PET isn't so good in the brain - there is so much metabolic activity that everything glows. So I get an MRI Brain to go with my regular full body PET/CT (cancer 5 years ago with recurrence 18 months later, currently NED).
As others pointed out, these are stage I trials and these are patients that have had other treatments already. In particular the melanoma patients had already had other immunotherapy - which is known to work for 50+% of cases - so this could help plugging the gap for the rest.
The testing here is not just that it is safe on skin, but the SPF test itself is done by slathering it on humans and exposing them to light to determine a rating.
Sadly Richard has now had recurrence. There is still hope for this treatment for others, and it likely extended his life, but it isn't happily ever after this time.
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