Skin Cancer

Nivolumab has also demonstrated efficacy in immunotherapy-based combinations for the treatment of certain types of melanoma and bladder cancers.

Moderna has advanced 6 programs into late-stage development, including for respiratory conditions, latent and other viruses, oncology, and rare diseases.

Investigators found an approximately 23% decrease in overall cancer incidence in April 2020, specifically for breast, colon, rectal, head and neck cancers, as well as melanoma and endocrine cancer diagnoses.

Experts agreed that it was appropriate for patients who use methamphetamine or cocaine to continue opioid use if clinician monitoring was increased and tapering was avoided.

AACR has urged Congress to provide billions more in funding for cancer research, prevention efforts, and expedited review of cancer-related medical products.

Precision medicine in pharmacy has the potential to revolutionize patient care by optimizing drug selection, dosing, and monitoring.

Pharmacists can offer valuable information about sunburn, sunscreen, and skin cancer screening and provide OTC recommendations on sunburn treatment and prevention.

Melphalan/hepatic delivery system (Hepzato Kit; Delcath Systems Inc) is currently the only liver-directed therapy approved by the FDA for the treatment of netastatic uveal melanoma and percutaneous hepatic perfusion.

New data have resulted in updated guidelines for neoadjuvant cemiplimab.

In the COLUMBUS study, the FDA requested that the investigators evaluate the contribution of binimetinib while maintaining the same dosage of encorafenib at 300 mg to confirm the benefits of the combination.

Precision therapies, although effective in earlier stages, may not work later.

Findings may have therapeutic implications because of the potential to target neurotransmitters to treat or prevent melanoma.

Microgravity provides researchers with a unique environment for studying how cells behave differently than they do on Earth.

Researchers found an increase in patients with melanoma who experience chronic immune-related adverse effects at 18 months compared to a previous study with a follow-up point of 6 months.

Though an association was found between depression and anxiety and lung cancers, there were no connections found to overall, breast, prostate, colorectal, and alcohol-related cancers.

Early safety studies of NK-cell infusion have demonstrated the potential of NK-cell infusion, showing it may be the next revolution in cancer treatment.

Pembrolizumab is already indicated to treat patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma, along with stage 2B-3 melanoma after resection in adults and pediatric patients.

A panel at the Advanced Topics for Oncology Pharmacy Professionals Summit discusses strategies to address patients’ fears and distrust of the medical and scientific community.

Nivolumab-based combinations have shown significant survival benefits across several tumor types, including melanoma and advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Institutional review boards and ethics committees have seen it as their main task in the past few decades to protect children from questionable studies; however, they are faced with a new challenge with pediatric drug development.

Oncology pharmacy is best learned in real time with real oncologists and real patients.

More than half of the patients prescribed oral anticancer agents report persistent moderate-to-severe symptoms, despite receiving counseling on adverse effect management.

The microRNA member miR-204-5p inhibits apoptosis in melanoma cells treated with dacarbazine or when overexpressed.

Race, ethnicity, years after diagnosis and mental and physical stress are among factors associated with unmet supportive care needs and a higher risk of hospitalization among patients with cancer.

Memory killer cells have been shown to respond to immunotherapy, which is normally administered as a complement to other cancer treatments.

For squamous cell carcinoma systemic therapy that is not concurrent with radiation therapy, preferred regimens are immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Pharmacists can empower their community with essential knowledge for summer skin protection to protect against skin cancer.

Investigators from the Barts Cancer Institute discovered that AMP-activated protein kinase is an essential sensor for tumor dissemination.

The combination also reduced the risk of developing distant metastasis or death by 65% in patients with high-risk stage 3/4 melanoma.

Pediatric drug development, which has a complex background and history, has fundamental catches based around how children are defined in the context of clinical studies.