The OncLive Immunotherapy in Melanoma condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on available and investigational immunotherapies in melanoma and other skin cancers. This page features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on updates with checkpoint inhibitors and the ongoing research with this type of treatment.
April 22nd 2024
SCIB1 plus nivolumab and ipilimumab elicited responses in patients with advanced, unresectable melanoma.
FDA Grants Adjuvant Dabrafenib/Trametinib Priority Review for BRAF+ Melanoma
December 22nd 2017The FDA has granted a priority review to a supplemental new drug application for the use of dabrafenib combined with trametinib as an adjuvant treatment for patients with BRAF V600E– or V600K–positive stage III melanoma following complete resection.
Dr. Luke on the FDA Approval of Adjuvant Nivolumab in Melanoma
December 21st 2017Jason J. Luke, MD, assistant professor of medicine, University of Chicago Medicine, discusses the FDA approval of nivolumab (Opdivo) to treat patients with melanoma who are at high risk of disease recurrence following complete surgical resection.
Dr. Kim Discusses PD-L1 as a Biomarker in Lung Cancer
December 21st 2017Edward S. Kim, MD, chair, Solid Tumor Oncology and Investigational Therapeutics, Donald S. Kim Distinguished Chair for Cancer Research, Levine Cancer Institute, Carolinas HealthCare System, discusses PD-L1 as a biomarker in lung cancer.
Immunotherapy Resistance Remains a Puzzle
December 15th 2017Checkpoint blockade immunotherapy has been hailed as a significant advance in anticancer treatment. Yet only a subset of patients experience long-term cancer remission as a result of these therapies, because a significant number of those who initially respond eventually develop resistance.