Skin Cancer/Melanoma

Two-time cancer survivor discusses her fatigue and possible answers for it.

To gain insight into the recent flurry of FDA approvals in melanoma, CURE spoke with Tim Turnham, the executive director of the Melanoma Research Foundation.

It's exhausting trying to keep everybody positive about my progress.

The approval was based on an extension in progression-free survival in the phase 3 coBRIM study.

The approval is based on results from the phase 3 EORTC 18071 trial, in which adjuvant Yervoy reduced the risk of recurrence by 25 percent versus placebo.

The approval was based on results from the phase 3 OPTiM study in which Imlygic significantly extended durable response rates compared with GM-CSF.

"I think I can, I think I can," says a two-time cancer survivor.

Before I was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma, I lived in the sweet spot — both in life and in running.

Breast cancer and melanoma survivor ponders the impact of cancer on her capacity to cope with life changes.

Each phone call started the same way and ended with more bad news.

The combination was approved for patients with BRAF V600 wild-type unresectable or metastatic melanoma, based on results from a phase 2 study.

I wish my doctors knew more about the emotional aspects of cancer and were given more time with me.

Melanoma survivor vents about her "procedures" and discusses digital mole mapping.

Suresh S. Ramalingam, a professor of medical oncology at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, comments on the difference in toxicities associated with immunotherapy.

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter provided an update on his health today in a press conference, announcing that he has melanoma.

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has approved Odomzo (sonidegib) for the treatment of patients with locally advanced basal cell carcinoma who have experienced a recurrence of this condition after surgery or radiation, or who weren't eligible for those therapies.

A grumpy and grateful cancer survivor reflects on her neuropathy and lymphedema.

Even my own family doesn't get it, and I'm glad. Two-time cancer survivor describes an isolating, fear-of-recurrence moment.

Several key areas in the treatment of melanoma include the selection of appropriate immunotherapy regimens based on PD-L1 status and improvement of surgical practices.

Melanoma has been at the forefront of the immuno-oncology revolution. This trend continued at the 2015 annual meeting of ASCO, a gathering of nearly 30,000 oncology professionals in Chicago.

Optimism helps when cancer is diagnosed, advises TV newsman and melanoma survivor Sam Donaldson.

A cancer survivor discusses a problem, even with good intentions, of the public's lack of cancer education.

Protective clothing can help prevent skin cancers by blocking the sun's ultraviolet rays.

A melanoma survivor shares her experience and ideas.

When melanoma metastacizes, the lymph node to which it has spread is typically removed. But what if micrometastases are found in other nearby lymph nodes? Should patients undergo a complete dissection, or removal, of all the nodes in the area?