Meet Ken, a West Cancer Center metastatic melanoma survivor. Ken recently shared his Cancer Survivorship Story with us as we hope to spread these journeys of hope, achievement and encouragement this month! Here is Ken’s story: “My personal journey with #melanoma began long before my first #skincancer diagnosis. I grew up near… Read more »
Posts Tagged: skin cancer
ASCO 2021: Abstract Recommendations From Dr. Ari VanderWalde for Melanoma
Oral Abstract Session: Melanoma/Skin Cancers Sunday, June 6, 2021; 8:00 AM–11:00 AM EDT 9501 Final analysis of overall survival (OS) and relapse-free-survival (RFS) in the intergroup S1404 phase III randomized trial comparing either high-dose interferon (HDI) or ipilimumab to pembrolizumab in patients with high-risk resected melanoma. KF Grossmann, M Othus, SP Patel, et al Take-Home Message The… Read more »
2020 Top Stories in Advanced Melanoma: Drastic Improvement in Melanoma Mortality With Novel Agents
2020 Top Stories in Advanced Melanoma: Drastic Improvement in Melanoma Mortality With Novel Agents Written by Ari VanderWalde MD, MPH, FACP Despite a plethora of interesting findings and results of novel clinical trials in melanoma in 2020, I believe the most important story of the year was actually a small, easy-to-overlook, 3-page report in the American… Read more »