International Congress of the Society for Melanoma Research (SMR) | Conference

Adil Daud, MD, spoke about the emergence of next-generation sequencing and the importance of testing patients with melanoma for BRAF mutations.

Jeffrey Weber, MD, PhD, discusses the unmet needs professionals take into consideration when deciding treatment options for patients with melanoma.

Data from the COMBI-AD Trial evaluating dabrafenib and trametinib to treat melanoma was analyzed by Hussein Tawbi, MD, PhD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

CancerNetwork spoke with Jason Luke, MD, FACP, at the SMR Conference regarding the latest updates on melanoma.

The MD Anderson Cancer Center expert discussed how researchers are using genetic alterations to drive specific therapies at the 16th International Congress of the Society for Melanoma Research.

The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center expert discussed a study he designed to discover why and how melanoma metastasizes, at the 16th International Congress of the Society for Melanoma Research.

Sancy Leachman, MD, PhD, discusses her outreach effort titled “War on Melanoma” at the 16th International Congress of the Society for Melanoma Research.

Poulikos Poulikakos, PhD, discussed combining targeted therapy and immunotherapy for the  treatment of patients with melanoma at the 16th International Congress of the Society for Melanoma Research.

BRAF and MEK inhibitors appear to have clinical activity in patients with metastatic melanoma with rare BRAF mutations.

The Global Burden of Disease 2017 study found non-melanoma skin cancer to be the biggest increase in incidence worldwide.