Immunotherapy in Melanoma | Specialty

Locally Advanced NSCLC: Treatment Goals and Challenges

March 13th 2018

New Paradigms for Treatment of Locally Advanced NSCLC

March 13th 2018

FDA Approves 4-Week Nivolumab Dosing Schedule

March 6th 2018

The FDA has approved a supplemental biologics license application adding a 4-week dosing schedule for nivolumab across several of the PD-1 inhibitor’s indications.

Dr. Postow Discusses Side Effects with Combinations in Melanoma

March 5th 2018

Michael A. Postow, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses side effects with combination therapy in melanoma.

Research Strategies to Improve Outcomes in GBM

March 5th 2018

GBM Emerging Strategies in Immunotherapy

March 5th 2018

GBM Rationale for Combining PD1 Inhibitor DNA Vaccine

March 5th 2018

PD1 Inhibitor DNA Vaccine Combination Trial in GBM

March 5th 2018

DNA Vaccine Creating Immunogenicity in GBM

March 5th 2018

Efficacy of Checkpoint Inhibition in Glioblastoma

March 5th 2018

Challenges With Immunotherapy in Glioblastoma

March 5th 2018

Dr. Luke Discusses Noncutaneous Melanoma

March 1st 2018

Jason J. Luke, MD, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago Medicine, discusses noncutaneous melanoma.

Dr. Andtbacka Discusses the Role of T-VEC in Melanoma

February 24th 2018

Robert Andtbacka, MD, associate professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine, discusses the role of talimogene laherparapvec (T-VEC; Imlygic) in the treatment of patients with melanoma.

Obesity Linked to Improved Outcomes in Men With Metastatic Melanoma

February 22nd 2018

Obese men treated with targeted or immune therapies for metastatic melanoma had a 47% reduced risk of death compared with men who had a normal BMI.

Triplet Therapy May Be on the Horizon for BRAF-Mutant Melanoma

February 21st 2018

The past decade of drug discovery has brought a dramatic expansion in the number of new therapies to treat patients with advanced or metastatic melanoma in 2 modalities: checkpoint blockade immunotherapies and molecularly targeted drugs.

Dr. Sullivan on Targeted Therapy for BRAF-Mutant Melanoma

February 20th 2018

Ryan J. Sullivan, MD, instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, assistant in medicine, MGH Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses novel molecular targets in patients with melanoma.

Pembrolizumab Continues to Demonstrate Long-Term Efficacy in Melanoma

February 19th 2018

The PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab (Keytruda) continues to be a promising frontline immunotherapy option for patients with advanced melanoma.

Analysis Explores Continuing Anti-PD-1 Therapy Past Progression in Melanoma

February 17th 2018

Investigators with the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and Oncology Center of Excellence conducted a pooled analysis of all trial reports and data marketing applications for the use of anti–PD-1 antibodies alone or in combination to treat patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

Dr. Sampath on Safety of Immunotherapy Plus Radiation in Lung Cancer

February 15th 2018

Sagus Sampath, MD, assistant professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope, discusses the safety profile of immunotherapy in combination with radiation in the treatment of patients with lung cancer.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Gains NKTR-214 Access in Nektar Collaboration

February 15th 2018

Bristol-Myers Squibb and Nektar Therapeutics have announced plans to jointly develop and market combinations of the CD122-biased cytokine NKTR-214 with nivolumab (Opdivo) or nivolumab plus ipilimumab (Yervoy) across for 20 indications in 9 tumor types.