Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology and director of the Melanoma Research Program at the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health and Science University, discusses genetic testing for melanoma.
Video Reports
Dr. Contreras on the Use of Surgical Resection in Desmoplastic Melanoma
Carlo Contreras, MD, a surgical oncologist for Skin and Soft Tissue Cancers, a member of the Translational Therapeutics Program, medical director of Ambulatory Services at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center (OSUCCC)–James, and an associate professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology at The Ohio State University, discusses how continued investigations in desmoplastic melanoma could better inform the use of surgical resection in select patients.
Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy in Resectable Melanoma
Anna C. Pavlick, DO, professor of medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine, founding director, the Cutaneous Oncology Program, Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian, discusses the potential benefit of neoadjuvant immunotherapy prior to surgical resection, according to results from the phase 2 SWOG S1801 trial (NCT03698019).
Dr. Carvajal on Unique Prognostic Factors in Uveal Melanoma
Richard D. Carvajal, MD, director, Experimental Therapeutics, director, the Melanoma Service, Columbia University Medical Center, discusses the prognostic factors of uveal melanoma that differentiate it from other subsets of melanoma.