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header image The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has affected all aspects of healthcare and the oncology and immuno-oncology communities may face unique challenges in regards to patient care. As immuno-oncology practitioners treat patients during the pandemic, it has also become apparent that...
Immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of certain types of melanoma and other skin cancers. This guide, published by Patient Resource Publishing in partnership with the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC), provides information on melanoma and other skin cancers, the immune system,...
2020 Immuno Melanoma-Final.pdf
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (CIs) have revolutionized treatment of advanced melanoma, leading to an emerging population of long-term survivors. Survivors’ quality of life (QOL) and symptom burden are poorly understood. The authors evaluated symptom burden and QOL in patients with advanced...
Quality measures are important because they can help improve and standardize the delivery of cancer care among healthcare providers and across tumor types. In an environment characterized by a rapidly shifting immunotherapeutic landscape and lack of associated long-term outcome data, defining...
Organizers: Shailender Bhatia, MD – University of Washington Petros Grivas, MD, PhD – University of Washington Andrea M. Perdue, PA – Seattle Cancer Care Alliance ACI-Seattle, Program Registration Advanced online registration is NOW AVAILABLE . Advanced registration will close at 5:00...
Immunotherapy was approved in 2015 to treat advanced lung cancer. It is very different from other types of cancer treatment because it uses the body's own immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells that have been hiding and targets them for destruction. Immunotherapy is a systemic...
2019 Immunotherapy Lung.pdf
Learning you have head and neck cancer can fell overwhelming. Give yourself time to digest the news, and then focus on learning as much as you can about your exact diagnosis. Knowing ket information will better prepare you to make well-informed decisions with your doctor. This guide, published...
2019 Immunotherapy H&N.pdf
Immunotherapy is one of the latest types of treatment that is being used to treat cancer by stimulating one's immune system to prevent, control, and eliminate cancer. This video from AIM at Melanoma explains how your immune system works, how immunotherapy treatments works, as well as possible...
The introduction of immune checkpoint inhibitors has led to a survival benefit in patients with advanced melanoma; however data on the adoption of immunotherapy in the community are scarce. Using the National Cancer Database, the authors identified 4725 patients aged ≥20 diagnosed with...
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