Selecting the RIGHT Patient for Systemic Therapy in cSCC: A Care Team Forum

Program Overview

The recent approval of the first immunotherapeutic agent for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is changing the way healthcare providers treat patients with inoperable cSCC. In this roundtable discussion, a survivor of cSCC draws upon his experience with the cancer when surgery and chemotherapy failed him, as our multidisciplinary faculty panel focus on how to optimally select patients with cSCC for treatment with immunotherapy.

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Target Audience

The intended audience for this activity is Mohs surgeons, medical oncologists, and dermatologists who manage patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC).

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

Identify patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) who are unlikely to be cured by surgery to expedite appropriate workup, multidisciplinary team collaboration, and referral for systemic therapy (including immunotherapy) to improve patient outcomes and quality of life
Incorporate shared decision making (SDM), quality of life assessment and management, and collaborative care for patients with cSCC to improve patient outcomes

Activity Faculty

Chrysalyne D. Schmults, MD, MSCE

Associate Professor, Dermatology
Harvard Medical School
Director, Mohs and Dermatologic Surgery Center
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center
Boston, MA

Omid Hamid, MD

Chief, Translational Research and Immunotherapy
Director, Cutaneous Oncology
The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute
Los Angeles, CA

Anokhi Jambusaria, MD, MSCE, FAAD

Assistant Professor, Division of Dermatology
Department of Internal Medicine
The University of Texas
Austin Dell Medical School
Austin, TX

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities. 