Additional Treatment Options for Melanoma Treatment

Questions about whether scalp cooling is painful and how long sessions last were answered by an expert during an interview with CURE®.

In addition to a breakthrough therapy designation for a lung cancer drug, this week we’ll be talking a lot about additional side effects and health conditions that may come with a cancer diagnosis, and how to manage them.

We asked oncology experts what questions patients should ask their doctors soon after receiving a cancer diagnosis. This is their advice.

February brought in multiple FDA approvals in the oncology space. Here’s an overview of some of the most recent ones.

Researchers have found that among patients with certain melanoma, presurgical targeted therapy and immunotherapy can result in better pathologic response.

Citing toxicities and lack of efficacy, some are calling for caution when treating older patients with melanoma with immune checkpoint inhibitors.