IN JULY 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the combination of the oral BRAF inhibitor encorafenib (Braftovi) and the oral MEK inhibitor binimetinib (Mektovi) for BRAF V600E– or V600K– positive metastatic melanoma. The FDA approval was based on the results of the COLUMBUS...
William H. Sharfman, MD, has been awarded the first Mary Jo Rogers Professorship in Cancer Immunology and Melanoma Research at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Sharfman is Associate Professor of Oncology and Dermatology, Director of Cutaneous Oncology, Clinical Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins...