Melanoma & Skin Cancer | Specialty

The OncLive Melanoma & Skin Cancer condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on various types of skin cancers, including melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and more. This section features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on unmet needs, treatment advances, and ongoing research in melanoma and other skin cancers.

Treatment of BRAF-Mutant Metastatic Melanoma

December 16th 2015

Combination Immunotherapy Treatment Duration in Melanoma Patients

December 16th 2015

Checkpoint Inhibitors: Combination Therapy in Melanoma

December 16th 2015

Duration of Immunotherapy in Melanoma

December 16th 2015

Sequencing of Checkpoint Agents in Melanoma

December 16th 2015

Use of Immunotherapy Agents in Melanoma Treatment

December 16th 2015

Role of Surgery in the Management of Advanced Melanoma

December 16th 2015

Radiation Therapy and Abscopal Effect in Melanoma Treatment

December 16th 2015

Practical Application of T-VEC in Melanoma Treatment

December 16th 2015

Systemic Therapy with T-VEC in Advanced Melanoma

December 16th 2015

Dr. Omid Hamid on Vemurafenib and Atezolizumab in Melanoma

December 14th 2015

Omid Hamid, MD, Chief, Translational Research and Immunotherapy, Director, Melanoma Therapeutics, The Angeles Clinic, discusses a recent trial investigating the combination of vemurafenib and atezolizumab in melanoma in patients with previously untreated BRAF-positive unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

Ashani Weeraratna on Aging and Melanoma

December 14th 2015

Ashani Weeraratna, PhD, associate professor, Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Program, member, The Wistar Institute Melanoma Research Center, discusses a study examining the effects of aging on Wnt/ÃŸ-catenin signaling in melanoma.

James Allison on Exciting Immunotherapy Advancements in Melanoma

December 14th 2015

James Allison, chair of Immunology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses promising data regarding the use of immunotherapies in melanoma. Allison is particularly excited about a trial, presented at the Society of Melanoma Research Congress, which looked at the combination of PD-L1 inhibitors with a BRAF-targeted agent.

Dr. Tara Gangadhar on Epacadostat/ Pembrolizumab Combination

December 1st 2015

Tara C. Mitchell, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, discuses preliminary results from a phase I/11 study of epacadostat in combination with pembrolizumab.

James Allison on the Future of Checkpoint Inhibitors in Melanoma

November 30th 2015

James Allison, PhD, discusses the rapidly expanding field of immunotherapy in melanoma.

UC Davis Meets NCI-Designation With Great Responsibility

November 30th 2015

Conference Highlights, Three FDA Approvals, and More

November 30th 2015

FDA Issues Complete Response Letter for Nivolumab in BRAF-Mutant Melanoma

November 27th 2015

The FDA has requested additional data for the use of single-agent nivolumab in previously untreated patients with BRAF V600 mutation-positive advanced melanoma.

Dr. Schadendorf on Nivolumab/ Ipilimumab Combination Trial in Melanoma

November 27th 2015

Dirk Schadendorf, MD, Head of Department for Dermatology, Venerology und Allergology, University Hospital Essen, Germany, discusses the results from the phase III CheckMate 067 study, which looked at a combination immunotherapy regimen in advanced melanoma.

Oncolytic Immunotherapies Show Benefit in Combinations and as Single Agents in Melanoma

November 25th 2015

Robert Andtbacka, MD, discusses how the role of oncolytic immunotherapies continues to evolve in melanoma and gives a better understanding of what is on the horizon for the novel therapeutics.