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.

Combination Therapies for Metastatic Melanoma

February 24th 2015

Multidisciplinary Care for Malignant Melanoma

February 24th 2015

Measuring Response to Immunotherapy in Melanoma

February 24th 2015

Managing Toxicity of Immunotherapy in Melanoma

February 24th 2015

Treatment Duration for PD-1 Inhibitors in Melanoma

February 24th 2015

Immunotherapy in BRAF Wild-Type Advanced Melanoma

February 24th 2015

Frontline Therapy for BRAF-Mutated Unresectable Melanoma

February 24th 2015

Treatment Approaches for Resectable Melanoma

February 24th 2015

Cobimetinib Receives Priority Review for Advanced Melanoma

February 19th 2015

The FDA has granted a priority review to the MEK inhibitor cobimetinib for use in combination with the BRAF inhibitor vemurafenib (Zelboraf) to treat patients with BRAF V600–positive advanced melanoma.

FDA Schedules Advisory Meeting for T-VEC in Metastatic Melanoma

February 12th 2015

The FDA has scheduled an advisory hearing to discuss the biologics license application for the immunotherapy talimogene laherparepvec as a treatment for patients with metastatic melanoma.

Novel Molecular Test Contributes to Definitive Diagnosis in Melanoma

February 12th 2015

The Myriad myPath Melanoma molecular diagnostic test was effective in helping practitioners differentiate between benign and malignant melanocytic lesions, according to results from a prospective study.

Dr. Topalian on Biomarkers for Anti- PD-1 Therapies in Melanoma

February 12th 2015

Suzanne Topalian, MD, professor of surgery and oncology, John Hopkins Medicine, and director of the melanoma program, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, compares biomarker detection for anti- PD-1 therapies like nivolumab to anti-CTLA-4 therapies like ipilimumab for the treatment of melanoma.

Dr. Jeffrey Weber on Ipilimumab for Melanoma

February 2nd 2015

Jeffrey Weber, MD, PhD, a senior member at the Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses the EORTC 18701 study, which compared ipilimumab with placebo for patients with stage III node-positive melanoma.

Dr. Kluger on Toxicity of Nivolumab/ Ipilimumab for Advanced Melanoma

January 29th 2015

Harriet Kluger, MD, associate professor of medicine, Yale Cancer Center, talks about the toxicity of nivolumab and ipilimumab for the treatment of patients with advanced melanoma.

PD-1 Inhibition: The Changing Treatment Paradigm for Melanoma

January 29th 2015

An increased understanding of tumor immunology has led to seven new melanoma drug approvals since 2011, including the recent approvals of the PD-1 inhibitors nivolumab (Opdivo) and pembrolizumab (Keytruda).

Novel VIL Approach Reduces Complications From Regional Lymphadenectomy in Melanoma

January 27th 2015

Surgical intervention is a Machiavellian endeavor: the ends justify the means. This obligates the clinician to minimize the risk of a procedure to justify the gains obtained from an intervention.

Dr. Wolchok on Remaining Questions Regarding Immunotherapies in Melanoma

January 13th 2015

Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses remaining questions regarding immunotherapies for the treatment of melanoma.

Expert Discusses Integration of PD-1 Inhibitors Into Clinical Practice

January 13th 2015

To gain insight on the integration of these agents and other immunotherapies into clinical practice, OncLive interviewed Jeffery S. Weber, MD, PhD, a senior member at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida.

Expanded RAS Mutation Testing in mCRC

January 1st 2015

2014 Year in Review

January 1st 2015