Melanoma & Skin Cancer

Childhood cancer survivors who had lived 5 or more years from their primary malignancy are at an increased risk of developing skin cancer compared with the general population.

Anthony J. Olszanski, MD, RPh, discusses the treatment selection process for use of cemiplimab in patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

New therapeutic approaches for treating patients with earlier-stage melanoma who face a higher risk of recurrence are among the features of recently updated consensus guidelines from the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer.

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has adopted a positive opinion for a new extended dosing schedule for pembrolizumab for all of the PD-1 inhibitor’s monotherapy indications in the European Union.

Keith T. Flaherty, MD, discussed the distinguishing features of the combination of encorafenib with binimetinib as well as some next steps, including the question of whether the regimen eventually could move to the adjuvant setting.

Ryan J. Sullivan, MD, instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, assistant in medicine, MGH Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses considerations for initial treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma.

Select patients with melanoma who consume a diet rich in fiber could see an improved response to treatment with immunotherapy.

Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, director, Tumor Immunology Program, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses immune-related adverse events (irAEs) in melanoma.

Hussein A. Tawbi, MD, PhD, associate professor, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses unmet needs in melanoma.

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.