Novel Immunotherapy Boosts Melanoma Outcomes Adding LAG-3 checkpoint inhibitor to nivolumab extended PFS in patients with advanced disease May 19, 2021
Doubling Down on Immunotherapy in Advanced Melanoma Checkpoint inhibitor combo active after upfront anti-PD-1/L1 therapy May 09, 2021
Nivolumab Alone Prevails in Resected Melanoma Adding ipilimumab in adjuvant setting failed to improve relapse-free survival Apr 11, 2021
A Win for Adjuvant Immunotherapy in Esophageal Cancer And other highlights from the Society of Surgical Oncology's virtual 2021 meeting Mar 31, 2021
Want Data on Recently Approved Actinic Keratosis Drug? Here You Go Phase III trial now published in full for topical anti-proliferative treatment Feb 10, 2021
First Immunotherapy Approved for Basal Cell Carcinoma Objective responses in 27% of previously treated patients who received cemiplimab Feb 10, 2021
IL-8 Antibody Active in Tumors After PD-1/L1 Blockade Clinical benefit in more than a third of patients with anti-IL-8/nivolumab combo Nov 13, 2020
PD-1 Inhibitor Active in Progressive Basal Cell Cancer Response rate of 20-30% with cemiplimab after post-hedgehog inhibitor progression or intolerance Nov 11, 2020
Melanoma Survival Benefit Sustained at 5 Years With Adjuvant Combo Dabrafenib plus trametinib cut relapse risk in half Sep 02, 2020
Demographics Make a Difference in Common Skin Cancers Study looks at epidemiology of basal versus squamous cell carcinomas Aug 26, 2020
Calcineurin Blockers for Eczema: No Cancer Signal in Big Study "Clinicians can use this evidence to counsel and reassure patients" Aug 12, 2020
Triplet OK'd as First-Line Therapy in Melanoma Immunotherapy plus targeted combo nets FDA approval in BRAF-mutant population Jul 31, 2020
Cancer Immunotherapy Tied to Severe COVID-19 Outcomes Nearly threefold increased risk of hospitalization, severe respiratory illness Jun 25, 2020
Biologics Don't Increase Melanoma Risk... Probably Meta-analysis offers some reassurance, but leaves room for doubt May 20, 2020
Face-Aging Selfies Help Modify Risky Skin Behaviors for Teens Trial looked at effects of a free "UV-selfie" app May 07, 2020
6-Week Keytruda Safe, Effective in Melanoma Schedule gets FDA approval for all adult indications Apr 30, 2020
Triplet Succeeds in BRAF-Mutant Melanoma Immunotherapy plus BRAF/MEK inhibition boosts PFS over targeted agents alone Apr 27, 2020
How Prevalent Is Checkpoint Inhibitor Thyroid Dysfunction, Really? Real-world data offer word of caution for oncologists Apr 01, 2020
DOAC Works in Cancer-Related VTE, No Tradeoff in Bleeds Apixaban monotherapy matches dalteparin in non-inferiority trial Mar 29, 2020
Staving Off Sepsis; Bleeding and Fibroids: It's Double T Healthwatch! This week's topics also include blood levels of sunscreen ingredients, and fish oil and sperm quality Jan 25, 2020 podcast
'Surprising' Number of Cancer Survivors Use Alcohol Clinicians urged to step up alcohol screening at regular intervals, intervention Jan 22, 2020
What Is Causing This Woman's Swollen Chin? A long and challenging diagnostic path with twists and turns Jan 20, 2020
Rheumatoid Arthritis Is No Bar to Cancer Immunotherapy Small study finds flares common with checkpoint inhibitors, but few patients stopped treatment because of them Nov 13, 2019
Second Primary Melanoma Increases Risk for Death Data a reminder of the importance of regular skin exams Jun 27, 2019
No Cancer Risk Found With TNF Inhibitors in Psoriatic Arthritis Expected cancer cases similar to those in general populace, study shows Jun 13, 2019
Depth of Tumor Response a Better Survival Predictor Could improve on RECIST as outcome measure in oncology Jun 05, 2019
Predicting Disease Recurrence in Melanoma But time to recurrence may poorly correlate with survival May 03, 2019
Rheumatologist's Primer on Checkpoint Inhibitors Specialist reviews the landscape of cancer drugs' autoimmune side effects Apr 09, 2019
Reversing Melanoma Resistance to Immunotherapy HDAC inhibitor/anti-PD-1 combo active after initial anti-PD-1 failure Apr 02, 2019 video
Cancer Drug for Precancerous Lesions? Fluorouracil cream bested other common actinic keratosis treatments Mar 08, 2019
Do Keloids Convey a Higher Cancer Risk? Taiwanese researchers show association between raised scars and cancers Mar 03, 2019
V600K-Mutant Melanoma May Merit First-Line Immunotherapy Higher mutational load is less responsive to targeted therapy with BRAF/MEK inhibition Jan 10, 2019
Cancer Treatment and Arthritis: A Growing Complaint Will checkpoint inhibitor-related arthritis outstrip RA in frequency? Dec 27, 2018
NCRI: Highlights from the Annual Conference Prostate cancer tradeoffs, rising melanoma mortality, safer regimen for thyroid cancer Nov 05, 2018
Ideal Timing of Post-Mohs Reconstruction Waiting 7 days or more associated with reduced complications Oct 26, 2018
Frequent Basal Cell Cancers Sign of Broader Inherited Risk Tripled rates of internal malignancies such as breast and prostate tumors Aug 10, 2018
Study: Paclitaxel Best for HIV-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma Other chemotherapies fall behind in resource-limited setting Jul 29, 2018
Risk Factors for Ipilimumab-Induced Hypophysitis Remain Unclear Researchers recommend close monitoring of these patients May 18, 2018
Vermilion Lip Cancer Tied to Higher Risk of Spread If confirmed, findings may merit inclusion in staging criteria May 04, 2018
