Dermatological Cancers

The STARBOARD trial will investigate encorafenib, binimetinib and pembrolizumab as a combination therapy for BRAF V600 mutant melanoma. In this touchONCOLOGY interview, we speak with Dr Ryan Sullivan (Mass General Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA) to discuss the mechanisms of encorafenib, binimetinib and pembrolizumab, as well as details on the STARBOARD trial. The presentation entitled […]

Multiple therapies that have been approved for the treatment of BRAF V600 mutated melanoma. In this touchONCOLOGY interview, we speak with Dr Ryan Sullivan (Mass General Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA) to discuss the current treatment paradigm and its limitations. Ryan Sullivan presented an abstract entitled ‘Randomized phase 3 study (STARBOARD) evaluating encorafenib (enco) + […]

Prof. Georgina Long (Melanoma Institute Australia, Wollstonecraft, Australia) joins touchONCOLOGY to discuss clinical trial highlights in melanoma presented at EMSO 2022. She highlights the SWOG S1801 trial, investigating neoadjuvant versus adjuvant pembrolizumab for resected stage III-IV melanoma, concluding use of a single-agent pembrolizumab, neoadjuvant therapy improves event-free survival compared to adjuvant therapy in high-risk resectable […]

In patients with resectable melanoma, circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) detection post-resection may be useful to inform disease state and recurrence risk. Prof. Georgina Long (Melanoma Institute Australia, Wollstonecraft, Australia) joins touchONCOLOGY to discuss CheckMate 915 study and what it taught us about the use of nivolumab plus ipilumab in the adjuvant treatment of melanoma, and […]