March 26, 2015
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Heather Wakelee, MD, associate professor of medicine, oncology division, Stanford University, discusses the rationale for immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
March 25, 2015
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Immunotherapy is a rapidly expanding approach to the treatment of melanoma, employing a number of strategies evident in the pipeline for immunotherapeutics.
March 25, 2015
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Cancer proliferates when a rogue, transformed cell wins a sophisticated hide-and-seek game against the immune system. Immunotherapy activates the patient’s immune system to recognize and fight the tumor cells.
March 24, 2015
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Melanoma is the most deadly skin cancer. According to data collected between 2004 and 2010, only 16% of Americans with metastatic melanoma, including people of all ages and races, and both genders, survive for 5 years or more after diagnosis.
March 24, 2015
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Following recent approvals by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of pembrolizumab and nivolumab, numerous programs to develop and expand use of immunotherapies have ensued.
March 24, 2015
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Jason J. Luke, MD, assistant professor of medicine, The University of Chicago, discusses PD-1 inhibitors for the treatment of patients with melanoma.
March 23, 2015
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Mark A. Rubin, MD, director, Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, discusses immunotherapy in the field of genitourinary cancers.
March 20, 2015
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Targeted Oncology had the honor of discussing with Michael A. Postow, MD, the management of immune-related adverse events (IRAEs).