Why Focus Under Forty™? Because cancer is the leading cause of death for adolescents and young adults (AYAs), whose age range spans from 15 to 39. Consequently, the educational programs offered are designed to shed light on the unique biology and care issues that are associated with patients with ca…
This presentation, part of the Melanoma in Adolescents and Young Adults (AYAs) course on ASCO University (http://university.asco.org), covers recurrence of disease in the patient from the previous vodcast. New emerging therapies for stage 3+ disease are discussed, as is palliative treatment for end-stage disease.
This presentation, part of the Melanoma in Adolescents and Young Adults (AYAs) course on ASCO University (http://university.asco.org), introduces a case of newly diagnosed, early stage, curable disease. Issues of prevention, detection (recognizing new disease), and early management are addressed, as well as potential therapeutics and related toxicities of these therapies.