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"I get up every morning, and I say it out loud: 'Every new day is a gift,' " said Alan Kaufman, 66, of Forest Hills, who has been in remissions since 2020.

An expert discusses why patients with melanoma may undergo treatment even after their tumor was surgically removed, and how melanoma became the “poster child” for immunotherapy.

An expert reflects on the recent FDA approval of adjuvant Opdivo for patients with stage 2B or 2C melanoma.

In exploratory analyses of results from the SWOG S1801 trial in patients with stage III-IV resectable melanoma, researchers saw a major pathologic response in more than half of surgical specimens taken from patients who had been treated with neoadjuvant (pre-operative) pembrolizumab.

<p style="text-align:start">In exploratory analyses of results from the SWOG S1801 trial in patients with stage III-IV resectable melanoma, researchers saw a major pathologic response in more than half of surgical specimens taken from patients who had been treated with neoadjuvant (pre-operative) pembrolizumab. These and other results of the analyses are presented as a proffered paper (Abstract LBA48) at the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2023 in Ma...

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Why breakthrough COVID deaths can be misunderstood

Unvaccinated people are 11.3 times more likely to die than those vaccinated.

IStock/koto_feja(NEW YORK) -- The death of former Secretary of State Colin Powell due to COVID-19 complications has sparked conversations about breakthrough deaths among vaccinated individuals. It would be inaccurate, however, to jump to any conclusions about vaccine effectiveness from a single breakthrough death such as Powell's, who was 84 years old, immunocompromised and being treated for multiple myeloma, a blood-borne cancer that "in and of itself can lead to compromised immunity,...

IStock/koto_feja(NEW YORK) -- The death of former Secretary of State Colin Powell due to COVID-19 complications has sparked conversations about breakthrough