Optimal treatment of unresectable nonmelanoma skin cancers

Abstract

Unlike in other types of cancer, in metastatic nonmelanoma, there are few dedicated oncologists to care for patients with unresectable skin cancers and little reliable clinical evidence to craft a therapeutic strategy. In his presentation at the NCCN 19th Annual Conference, Dr. Thomas Olencki offered a glimpse of some of the therapeutic regimens tried in the past for these rare skin cancers and briefly reviewed some of the more promising agents for advanced squamous cell, basal cell, and Merkel cell carcinomas, although the current evidence base is limited.