Jeffrey Weber, MD, PhD: The Role of LDH, Age, and Sites of Disease in Durability of Response
What role might Sarah's LDH, age, and sites of disease play in the durable response that she experienced?
CASE: Metastatic Melanoma
Sarah is a 50-year-old Caucasian postal worker who presented to her primary care physician with multiple, skin-colored nodules and palpable lymph nodes. .
- A workup, biopsy, and mutation test was conducted, which revealed BRAF V600E mutation-positive melanoma that had metastasized to the lymph nodes, subcutaneous tissue, and right adrenal gland.
- ECOG performance status is 0 and her LDH levels are normal.
The patient was started on the combination of dabrafenib and trametinib. She experienced a durable complete response and has remained on therapy for 36 months.
Atlas Examines Tolerability of Hedgehog Pathway Inhibitors and Transition to IO in mBCC
October 16th 2024During a Case-Based Roundtable® event, Jennifer L. Atlas, MD, discussed treatment for a patient with basal cell carcinoma who reported challenging adverse events with hedgehog pathway inhibitor.
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RELATIVITY-047 vs CheckMate 067 Matched Cohorts in Melanoma Show Similar Efficacy
October 10th 2024During a Case-Based Roundtable® event, Ahmad Tarhini, MD, PhD, discussed the indirect comparison of ipilimumab plus nivolumab and nivolumab/relatlimab in advanced melanoma in the second article of a 2-part series.
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