Skin Cancer/Melanoma

The Food and Drug Administration's calendar for making decisions on new cancer drugs and indications is taking shape for 2015, and the clock is ticking on at least 13 applications for novel agents and new therapeutic settings for existing drugs.

The PD-1 inhibitor Opdivo (nivolumab) was granted accelerated approval for patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma following treatment with Yervoy (ipilimumab) or a BRAF inhibitor.

The annual meeting of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) was held in September to discuss the latest data on critical issues in cancer treatment, diagnostics, prevention, supportive care and more.

Several studies announcing the latest research in different cancers, including prostate, breast and lung cancers, were presented at the 2014 European Society of Medical Oncology's annual meeting in Madrid, Spain.

The latest in cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

We know what we need to do to prevent skin cancer, and now is the time to do it.

Sun exposure during the earlier part of life, specifically in young white women, seems to be predictive of melanoma risk, according to a new study.

News on clinical trial results, drug approvals and updates on therapies.

The latest in cancer prevention, diagnosis & treatment.

Tafinlar and Mekinist target a specific tumor mutation in patients with metastatic or unresectable melanoma, a type of skin cancer.

Websites help consumers identify actinic keratosis.

Vaccines help the immune system uncover malignant cells.

Two new targeted therapies, which each focus on a different way to block cancer growth signaling, delayed disease progression in advanced melanoma patients.

Picato OK'ed to treat precancerous skin lesions.

The skin is vulnerable to several types of skin cancer.

Melanoma studies with Yervoy and vemurafenib show benefit in advanced disease.

New therapies are enhancing melanoma treatment.

Calming the effects of radiation on the skin.

Skin cancer advocates hope a new 10 percent tax on indoor tanning will pull tanners out from under the bulbs.

For metastatic melanoma patients who were out of treatment options, the immune system-targeted drug ipilimumab extended their lives by nearly four months compared with an investigational vaccine called gp100.

Updates from the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

A new organization aims to strike back at melanoma by developing the first-ever international melanoma tissue bank.

Answers to the treatment debate for actinic keratosis, a precancerous growth on the skin.

Melanoma survivor and once-devoted tanner spreads the word about skin cancer.

New therapies for melanoma exploit biological insights to combat this dangerous skin cancer.

Tips for sun protection.

Risk factors for skin cancer go beyond sun exposure to include genetics.

Cancer survivors deal with fear.

Treating and preventing the nation's most common cancer.

Improvements to sunscreen and other sun-protection methods in development can help reduce the risk of skin cancer.