Search Results for: Therapy

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019

Use of electrochemotherapy in women with vulvar cancer to improve quality-of-life in the palliative setting: a meta-analysis.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Dec 03, 2019 Electrochemotherapy involves the use of transient tumor permeabilization via electric pulses in combination with low-dose chemotherapeutic agents. It has recently emerged as an alternative treatment ... Read more

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019

Robust immunoscore model to predict the response to anti-PD1 therapy in melanoma.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Dec 03, 2019 This study aimed to construct immune-related predictors to identify responders to anti-PD1 therapy of melanoma through CIBERSORT algorithm. Using the least absolute shrinkage and selection ... Read more

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019

Hormone replacement therapy and the risk of melanoma in post-menopausal women.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Dec 05, 2019 Is hormone replacement therapy (HRT) associated with an increased risk of melanoma skin cancer or prognostic outcomes amongst post-menopausal women? Whilst we found evidence of ... Read more

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019

Factors Influencing the Efficacy of Anti-PD-1 Therapy in Chinese Patients with Advanced Melanoma.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: May 22, 2019 Anti-PD-1 antibody improves the survival of patients with advanced melanoma. However, the efficacy and safety of anti-programmed death protein 1 (PD-1) antibody have not been ... Read more

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019

Combination of radiotherapy and immunotherapy for brain metastases: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Dec 01, 2019 Radiotherapy (RT) represents a mainstay in the treatment of brain metastases (BMs) from solid tumors. Immunotherapy (IT) has improved survival of metastatic cancer patients across ... Read more

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019

Melanoma: prognostic factors and factors predictive of response to therapy.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Dec 05, 2019 A better understanding of prognostic factors and biomarkers that predict response to treatment is required in order to further improve survival rates in patients with ... Read more

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019

Effects of Group Physical Therapy on Walking Speed in Patients With Parkinson Disease

Parkinson's Disease News

Publication date: Dec 05, 2019 Parkinson disease is a progressive neurologic disorder characterized by motor impairments which alter the walking capacity, and lead to reduced walking speed, decreased stride length ... Read more

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019

The Future of Novel Immunotherapy Combinations in Melanoma

Melanoma Media

Publication date: Dec 04, 2019 The overall survival rate in patients with melanoma has increased exponentially in the past decade. But thanks to the use of combinations in the treatment ... Read more

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019

Dr. Daud on Dabrafenib/Trametinib Vs Immunotherapy in Melanoma

Melanoma Media

Publication date: Dec 04, 2019 Adil Daud, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology) and director, Melanoma Clinical Research, University of California, San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, ... Read more

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019

Systematic review of liver directed therapy for uveal melanoma hepatic metastases.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Nov 30, 2019 Uveal melanoma (UM) is a rare malignancy with a propensity for metastasis to the liver. Systemic chemotherapy is typically ineffective in these patients with liver ... Read more