Melanoma Patient on Immunotherapy Develops Severe Dermatitis Clinicians faced with presumed dermatologic AEs urged to consider all differentials Jan 10, 2022
Long-Term Data Reinforce Standard of Care in Unresectable Melanoma Landmark trial shows median OS of 72.1 months with nivolumab-ipilimumab Dec 01, 2021
Case: VEGFR Inhibition in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Patient Disease stabilized after post-chemotherapy progression of the aggressive neuroendocrine cancer Oct 11, 2021
FDA Issues Orders Clarifying Rules for Marketing Sunscreens But more studies on sunscreen chemicals are still needed, advocacy group says Sep 24, 2021
In RA, Little Risk for Recurrent Cancer With Biologic Treatment Results important because most trials excluded patients with previous cancer, researchers note Sep 23, 2021
Adjuvant Pembrolizumab Boosts Recurrence-Free Survival in High-Risk Melanoma Also, fewer cases of distant recurrences in KEYNOTE-716 trial Sep 19, 2021
What's Causing Cancer Patient's Joint Pain While on Checkpoint Inhibitor? Here is how clinicians diagnosed this rare inflammatory side effect Aug 30, 2021
COVID Surges Emerge; FDA Warns About Chantix; Lions, Tigers, Bears Get Vaxxed A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Jul 06, 2021
Start Thinking 'Cure'; One More Hug; Mortgages and Breast Cancer Survival News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Jun 16, 2021
Adjuvant Anti-PD-1 Misses on OS in High-Risk Melanoma But pembrolizumab topped active controls for relapse-free survival Jun 07, 2021
Lymph Node Findings on PET: Cancer or COVID Vaccine? Post-jab radiotracer uptake "could prompt unnecessary biopsies and treatments" May 26, 2021
Bad Day Sunshine: Benzene Found in Many Sun Care Products Valisure also detected the carcinogen in hand sanitizers earlier this year May 26, 2021
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
