Immunotherapy in Melanoma | Specialty

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.

Dr. Wolchok on Progress After Anti-PD-1 Monotherapy in Melanoma

December 29th 2016

Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD, chief, Melanoma and Immunotherapeutics Service, Department of Medicine and Ludwig Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 2014 Giant of Cancer Care in Melanoma, discusses an ongoing clinical trial that will explore optimal treatments for patients with melanoma who fail on a PD-1 inhibitor as a single agent.

Dr. Luke on Ongoing Studies With Immunotherapy in Melanoma

December 28th 2016

Jason J. Luke, MD, an assistant professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago Medicine, discusses ongoing studies exploring immunotherapy for the treatment of patients with melanoma.

Dr. Puzanov on Sequencing Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy in Melanoma

December 27th 2016

Igor Puzanov, MD, director, Early Phase Clinical Trials Program, chief of Melanoma, coleader, CCSG Experimental Therapeutics Program, professor of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, discusses an ongoing study exploring the optimal sequence of immunotherapy agents and targeted therapies for patients with melanoma.

Stefani Spranger on the Role of CD8 T Cells in Melanoma

December 23rd 2016

Stefani Spranger, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, Cancer Research Institute at The University of Chicago Medicine, discusses how the presence or absence of CD8 T cells can affect treatment approaches for patients with melanoma.

Dr. Weber on Risk and Benefits With Immunotherapy Combos in Melanoma

December 23rd 2016

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.

Dr. Hamid on Immunotherapy Approaches in Melanoma

December 22nd 2016

Omid Hamid, MD, chief, Translational Research and Immunotherapy, director, Melanoma Therapeutics, The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute, discusses different immunotherapy approaches that oncologists are currently exploring in melanoma.

The Future of Driver Mutations in NSCLC

December 22nd 2016

Practical Experience With Dabrafenib/Trametinib in NCSLC

December 22nd 2016

Targeted Approaches in NSCLC: Lessons from Melanoma

December 22nd 2016

Patient Selection in BRAF-Mutant NSCLC

December 22nd 2016

The Evolving Mutational Landscape in NSCLC

December 22nd 2016

NSCLC: The BRAF/MEK Combination Safety Profile

December 22nd 2016

BRAF/MEK Efficacy in BRAF-mutant NSCLC

December 22nd 2016

Role of the MAP Kinase Pathway in NSCLC

December 22nd 2016

Outcomes With Chemotherapy in BRAF-Mutant NSCLC

December 22nd 2016

Understanding the BRAF-mutated Population in NSCLC

December 22nd 2016

Current Mutation Testing in Lung Cancer

December 22nd 2016

Dr. Pavlick on Immunotherapy Clinical Trials in Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinomas

December 20th 2016

Anna C. Pavlick, DO, medical oncologist, NYU Langone School of Medicine, discusses ongoing clinical trials exploring treatment with immunotherapy in patients with basal cell carcinoma as well as squamous cell carcinoma.

Dr. Luke on Challenges With Immunotherapy in Melanoma

December 20th 2016

Jason Luke, MD, an assistant professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago Medicine, discusses some of the challenges that oncologists may face when administering immunotherapy agents to patients with melanoma.

Stefani Spranger on Checkpoint Blockade Therapies in Melanoma

December 16th 2016

Stefani Spranger, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, Cancer Research Institute at The University of Chicago, discusses immune checkpoint blockade therapies that are currently being used to treat patients with melanoma.

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