Hi everyone!

My husband was diagnosed with stage 3B melanoma in 2022. He had it removed from his right hand and one node in right armpit. He then started the BRAF targeted therapy in 2023 but stopped after a month or so because of side effects and becase the oncologist told him the benefit of it wasn't worth it.

Fast forward 3.5 years later, his melanoma came back in the lymph node and it's now stage 3C. However, the oncologist said because he already used treatment for "the same cancer", the NHS won't cover adjuvant treatment (in his case immunotherapy) for the second time. She said for him to get immunotherapy, it would need to progress to stage 4.

This just feels bizarre and really counterintuitive? He stopped targeted therapy because of the side effects and at the advice of his oncologist. It also feels wild that he can't get any treatment at all when the onvologist referred him for it. Has anyone else experienced this? We don't have private Healthcare to fall back on.