Lessons From Three Decades of Clinical Trials in Metastatic Melanoma..Jim Breitfeller

Vernon K. Sondak, MD
Chief, Division of Cutaneous Oncology
Director, Surgical Education
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Professor
Departments of Interdisciplinary Oncology and Surgery
University of South Florida College of Medicine
Tampa, FL


Fifth International Symposium on Melanoma
and Other Cutaneous Malignancies
New York, New York
March 7, 2008

LESSON 1
There has been no significant improvement in overall
survival for metastatic melanoma in the past 30 years

This Is a Hard Lesson to Swallow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please don't shoot the messenger!!!!!!

The good news is the 1971 to 2001!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So this is the new begining with targeted therapy I believe!!!!!!!


Lessons From Three Decades of Clinical Trials in Metastatic Melanoma