Skin Cancer

The protozoan intranasal treatment was associated with a strong increase of immune cells within the lung.

Specialty pharmacists—those caring for patients with serious, sometimes life-threatening conditions such as cancer or rheumatologic disease—are not immune from the ongoing labor crisis.

The panel corresponds to proteins that are abundant in treatment-resistant melanoma cells and may predict resistance to targeted treatment.

Study of cell exhaustion in immunotherapy-resistant tumors could significantly improve the benefits of cancer immunotherapy for patients with treatment resistant types of cancer.

Findings may offer insight into new strategies to tackle skin cancer in patients already treated with a prior line of therapy.

The treatment from Keytruda and Merck shows a clinical response of 89% for individuals with unresectable metastatic desmoplastic melanoma.

These study results are the first to demonstrate randomized evidence that a personalized neoantigen approach could be beneficial for patients with cancer.

Muneeb Shah, DO, dermatologist and partner at PC Dermatology PLLC, and Reid Maclellan, MD, founder of Cortina Health Inc, tackle misinformation and myths surrounding sun screen, skin cancer, and acne.

Retifanlimab-dlwr (Zynyz; Incyte) was granted FDA accelerated approval for metastatic or recurrent locally advanced Merkel cell carcinoma.

Atrial fibrillation and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease are frequent challenges among patients with cancer.

Nivolumab met its primary endpoint of recurrence-free survival, reducing the risk of recurrence or death by 58% versus placebo in patients with completely resected stage 2B or 2C melanoma.

High-risk areas for disease progression include genitalia and the scalp.

Each therapy presents a different but effective treatment option.

Novel drug development has been focused on the augmentation of the T-lymphocyte response.

Several studies have noted a potential link between methotrexate and an increased risk of skin cancer.

Merck and Moderna’s adjuvant melanoma treatment shows reduced risk of recurrence or death by 44% compared with pembrolizumab alone.

UC Davis cancer researchers hope new technology will help diagnose and treat melanoma more successfully.

Strengthening partnerships with healthcare professionals and driving awareness on the clinical benefits of dermatological skincare is the key to success in the public health space.

Sonidegib binds to and inhibits a transmembrane protein to disrupt hedgehog pathway signal transduction and leading to antitumor activity in patients with locally advanced basal cell carcinoma.

A researcher suggests that novel immune modulating cancer therapies like cancer vaccines can be more effective and safer alternative to previous cancer immunotherapies.

An integrative efficacy score would incorporate the depth, duration, and prevalence of tumor response.

KIN-2787 is a potential treatment for BRAF class II or III alteration-positive and/or NRAS mutation-positive, metastatic or unresectable, stage IIB to IV malignant melanoma.

Nivolumab is a biomarker that has been shown to benefit the survival of patients with stage 2 melanoma patients compared with placebo.

New research presented at ESMO Congress found that certain patients with advanced melanoma administered a combination of cemiplimab with fianlimab experienced a median progression-free survival of 2 years.

Joanna discusses her recommendations for sunscreen and what pharmacists picked as their favorite sunscreen product in the OTC Guide.