Jeffrey Weber, MD, PhD, NYU Langone Health, Perlmutter Cancer Center

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, deputy director and co-director of the melanoma program, Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Professor of Oncology, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, 2016 Giant of Cancer Care® in Melanoma, discusses emerging immunotherapy combinations in melanoma.

In our exclusive interview, Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, shares with us his journey into the melanoma field and the lessons he has learned along the way, some of the key studies that have significantly impacted his career and clinical practice, and what lies ahead in the melanoma pipeline.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, discusses adjuvant approaches in stage III melanoma.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, discusses the phase III EORTC1325/KEYNOTE-054 trial, which looked at adjuvant pembrolizumab in patients with stage III melanoma.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, discusses biomarker research in the CheckMate-238 trial looking at patients with resected stage III/IV melanoma.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, discusses the future of checkpoint inhibitors in melanoma.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, shares toxicity data from the randomized, double-blind, phase III CheckMate-238 trial in resected stage III or IV melanoma.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, discusses the rationale behind the randomized, double-blind, phase III CheckMate-238 trial in resected stage III or IV melanoma.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, discusses the updated analysis of the phase III CheckMate-238 trial in patients with resected stage III/IV melanoma.

The treatment landscape changed significantly with the first melanoma clinical trials in 2001, which evaluated the CTLA-4 antibodies ipilimumab (Yervoy) and tremelimumab.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, deputy director and co-director of the Melanoma Program, NYU Langone's Perlmutter Cancer Center, a 2016 Giant of Cancer Care in Melanoma, discusses the FDA approval of pembrolizumab for stage III melanoma.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, deputy director and co-director of the Melanoma Program, NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, 2016 Giant of Cancer Care® in Melanoma, discusses duration of checkpoint inhibitor therapy in patients with melanoma.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, deputy director and co-director of the Melanoma Program, NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, 2016 Giant of Cancer Care® in Melanoma, discusses when to discontinue immunotherapy in patients with melanoma.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, deputy director and co-director of the Melanoma Program, NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, 2016 Giant of Cancer Care® in Melanoma, discusses updated data for the Checkmate-238 trial.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Professor of Oncology, co-director of the Melanoma Research Program, deputy director of the Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone Medical Center, and a 2016 Giant of Cancer Care® in Melanoma, discusses the FDA approval of dabrafenib (Tafinlar) plus trametinib (Mekinist) as an adjuvant treatment for patients with BRAF V600E– or V600K–positive stage III melanoma following complete resection.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, deputy director and co-director of the Melanoma Program, NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, 2016 Giant of Cancer Care® in Melanoma, discusses exciting recent advancements for patients with melanoma.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, deputy director and co-director of the Melanoma Program at the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, 2016 Giant of Cancer Care® in Melanoma, discusses the side effect profile of dabrafenib (Tafinlar) and trametinib (Mekinist) for patients with melanoma.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, deputy director and co-director of the Melanoma Program at the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, 2016 Giant of Cancer Care

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Professor of Oncology, deputy director, co-director of the Melanoma Research Program, NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, discusses the clinical potential and monetary hindrances of triplet and four-drug regimens for patients with melanoma.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, deputy director and co-director of the Melanoma Program at the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the toxicity profile seen with nivolumab versus ipilimumab for patients with melanoma.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, deputy director and co-director of the Melanoma Program at the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the use of nivolumab (Opdivo) in the adjuvant setting for the treatment of patients with melanoma.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, deputy director and co-director of the Melanoma Program at the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the results of CheckMate-238 compared with other adjuvant trials for patients with melanoma.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, deputy director and co-director of the Melanoma Program at the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the CheckMate-238 trial for patients with melanoma.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, a medical oncologist and deputy director of the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the next steps with the PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab (Keytruda) as treatment for patients with melanoma.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, deputy director and co-director of the Melanoma Program Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the risks and benefits of combination immunotherapy as treatment for patients with melanoma.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, deputy director and co-director of the Melanoma Program, Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the design and results of the CheckMate-064 trial, which examined outcomes in patients who received nivolumab (Opdivo) given sequentially with ipilimumab (Yervoy) in patients with advanced melanoma.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, deputy director, Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, co-director of its Melanoma Program, head of Experimental Therapeutics, NYU Langone Medical Center, compares the efficacy of dabrafenib plus trametinib versus vemurafenib plus cobimetinib.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, deputy director, Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, co-director of its Melanoma Program and Head of Experimental Therapeutics, NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the significance of the FDA approval of the combination of dabrafenib and trametinib for patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma who harbor a BRAF V600E or V600K mutation.