Congress Coverage: ASCO 2020 – Focus on Melanoma
Expert perspectives on the latest therapeutic developments, treatment approaches, and implications for clinical decision-making regarding melanoma adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapies, and BRAF-mutated metastatic melanoma.
Faculty Chair
Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD
Deputy Director of the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, US
Faculty Members
Michael Atkins, MD
Georgetown-Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, DC, US
Alexander Eggermont, MD, PhD
Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
James Larkin, MD
The Royal Marsden, London, UK
Reinhard Dummer, MD
University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Caroline Robert, MD, PhD
Institute Gustave-Roussy, Paris, France
REPORT BACKGROUND
- On June 12, 2020, following the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, Aptitude Health brought together a group of scientists and clinical investigators with expertise in melanoma to attend the Emerging Paradigms in Care Series (EPICS) Congress Coverage meeting
- The goal of the expert panel was to critique and debate new evidence in melanoma and gain strategic insight into the most impactful abstracts from the ASCO meeting with respect to shaping current research directions and/or changing the scope of practical clinical care
