The Management of Melanoma in Community Oncology Practice

Drs Patel, Wright, and Devoe revisit their involvement in the SWOG S1801 trial to highlight available resources that can expand the reach of cancer care in the community oncology setting.

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Resources

Malignant Melanoma https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/280245-overview

Neoadjuvant-Adjuvant or Adjuvant-Only Pembrolizumab in Advanced Melanoma https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2211437

Event-Free Survival https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/event-free-survival

National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) https://prevention.cancer.gov/major-programs/nci-community-oncology-research-program-ncorp

SWOG Cancer Research Network https://www.swog.org/

ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group https://ecog-acrin.org/

NRG Oncology https://www.nrgoncology.org/

Children's Oncology Group https://childrensoncologygroup.org/

Effectiveness of Adjuvant Pembrolizumab vs High-Dose Interferon or Ipilimumab for Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Patients With Resected Melanoma: A Secondary Analysis of the SWOG S1404 Randomized Clinical Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/article-abstract/2798988

Melanoma Margins Trial-II: 1cm v 2cm Wide Surgical Excision Margins for AJCC Stage II Primary Cutaneous Melanoma (MelMarT-II) https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03860883