Survival Outcomes After Metastasectomy in Melanoma Patients Categorized by Response to Checkpoint Blockade

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English - January 11, 2021 06:00 - 11 minutes - 16.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
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Rick Greene, MD and Charlotte Ariyan, MD, PhD, discuss survival outcomes in patients with metastatic melanoma who were selected for surgery following checkpoint blockade. Dr. Ariyan is author of, “Survival Outcomes After Metastasectomy in Melanoma Patients Categorized by Response to Checkpoint Blockade.”

Dr. Ariyan is Associate Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, and a Surgeon with clinical expertise in melanoma and soft tissue sarcoma, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. Dr. Ariyan is also Section Editor, Sarcoma, at the Annals of Surgical Oncology.