UPDATE!
The Decision-Support Tool has been updated to reflect changes in therapeutic options, including emerging options and longer-term data on established regimens.
We’d like to thank Taylor Tomco and Kathy Barnard from the Save Your Skin Foundation for their careful review of this content update.
New! Stage IV Decision-Support Tool
Welcome to this guide, Stage IV Melanoma Treatment Options: Making the Decision That’s Right for You. You can use this guide to discuss therapeutic options for managing Stage IV melanoma with your patients.
The document addresses
- Stage IV melanoma clinical picture, biomarkers and pathology, and disease and patient factors involved in decision making
- Efficacy, safety, administration, and family-planning aspects of targeted therapies, immune checkpoint inhibitors, and other therapies used for stage IV melanoma
- Management of brain metastases, including radiation therapy
- Clinical trials, including an overview of emerging therapies being studied
- Survivorship and advanced care planning
- Diagnosis (including biopsy techniques) as well as an overview of imaging
- Practical patient resources
Developed in collaboration with Save Your Skin Foundation.
Stage III Decision- Support Materials
Updated Stage III Decision Support Tool
The Decision-Support Tool has been updated with information you need to know about outcomes for Stage III melanoma, long-term data for adjuvant therapies, and additional resources, including content specific for caregivers.
Developed in collaboration with Save Your Skin Foundation.
New Stage III Companion Piece
Want to learn how to use the Stage III Decision-Support Tool? Peruse frequently asked questions about Stage III melanoma and learn how to use the support tool to guide your decision making.
Developed in collaboration with Save Your Skin Foundation.
