Skin Cancer

Celebrated reality star Teddi Mellencamp is using her Instagram as a platform to stress the importance of follow-up visits for patients with melanoma.

Patients with completely resected stage IIB or IIC melanoma who received adjuvant nivolumab experienced a 58% reduction in the risk of recurrence or death.

A 5-year follow-up of the COLOMBUS trial showed that encorafenib plus binimetinib continued to provide clinical benefit for patients with melanoma harboring a BRAF V600 mutation.

Selpercatinib demonstrated a promising efficacy profile in patients with RET-fusion positive solid tumors.

Optimal treatment sequencing for patients with BRAF-mutated melanoma involves frontline immunotherapy following by BRAF/MEK inhibition, according to investigators.

Structured preceptorships promote competence, confidence, and job satisfaction in new oncology nurse practitioners.

Neoadjuvant cemiplimab elicited promising pathologic complete responses in patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

At a median follow-up of 33.0 months, the median progression-free survival with tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy was 7.2 months vs 3.1 months with ipilimumab.

The rate of event-free survival associated with pembrolizumab was significantly higher among patients with high-risk melanoma about to undergo surgery than among those who received immunotherapy following surgery.

The relapse-free survival rate was 22.3% among patients with resectable stage IIIB to IV M1a melanoma who received neoadjuvant talimogene laherparepvec versus 15.2% among those who received surgery alone.

The results of the phase 3 MASTERKEY-265 trial show that there is still an unmet need for patients who are refractory to pembrolizumab and anti–PD-1 inhibitors.

Lidia Schapira, MD, FASCO, discusses the importance of rigorous baseline measurement in improving the assessment and management of distressful cancer symptoms.

Nivolumab, whether in combination with ipilimumab or as a monotherapy, was associated with improved overall survival, progression-free survival, and melanoma-specific survival, compared with ipilimumab in advanced melanoma.

Relatlimab, a human LAG-3 blocking antibody, plus nivolumab, elicited superior progression-free survival in patients with advanced melanoma compared to nivolumab alone.

The CD40 agonist sotigalimab in combination with pembrolizumab yielded promising outcomes in patients with unresectable stage III or IV metastatic melanoma.

An improved progression-free survival benefit was observed in patients with stage III unresectable or stage IV melanoma who received nivolumab plus ipilimumab.

Oncology Nursing News® speaks with Hussein A. Tawbi, MD, PhD, principal investigator of the phase 2/3 RELATIVITY-046 trial, about the significance of the relatlimab/nivolumab approval for patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

The doublet regimen of relatlimab/nivolumab has been approved for adults with unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

Manufacturers will unblind trials evaluating bempegaldesleukin/nivolumab in melanoma in light of the final progression-free survival and overall response rates analyses.

Weekly phone calls from RNs helped reduce the number of severe adverse events experienced by patients receiving ipilimumab for metastatic melanoma.

Oncology Nursing News® meets with the lead investigator behind the phase 3 IMCgp100-202 trial to better understand the significance of tebentafusp’s approval and to determine what oncology nurses need to know about the new agent.

Tebentafusp is now the first FDA-approved therapy to treat unresectable or metastatic uveal melanoma.

New data support increased fiber consumption and decreased probiotic use among patients receiving immunotherapy.

A novel regimen of relatlimab, an LAG-3 inhibitor, plus nivolumab doubled progression-free survival in patients with untreated, advanced melanoma.

Patients with various solid tumor types experienced improved antitumor immunity after adhering to a diet with severe caloric restrictions.

Pembrolizumab has been approved for the adjuvant treatment of adults and pediatric patients with stage IIB or IIC melanoma who have underwent complete resection.

Patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors for renal cell carcinoma or melanoma responded well to the COVID-19 vaccine.

After 6 months of additional follow-up, patients with resected high-risk stage II melanoma continued to experience improved relapse-free survival following treatment with adjuvant pembrolizumab.

Patients with metastatic melanoma treated with the IL-2 agonist experienced a 78.5% change in target lesion size.

The FDA has determined that more data are necessary to certify the clinical benefit of retifanlimab for the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal.