Putting New Melanoma Drugs to Work in Community Practice
Expert Opinion: Putting New Melanoma Drugs to Work in Community Practice
JS MacNeil
20110618
2011 Jul 18
Elsevier Global Medical News
Putting New Melanoma Drugs to Work in Community Practice
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2011 Jul 18, JS MacNeil
Euphoria - there is no better word to describe the mood in the melanoma sessions at ASCO. For the first time ever, oncologists have two new drugs that can prolong the lives of patients with advanced melanoma. They also have a host of questions as to how to bring ipilimumab and vemurafenib into community practice. We asked four experts during the meeting for their thoughts on what comes next:• Dr. Paul Chapman of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York; lead author of the BRIM-3 study of...