Medical Oncology

April Kelly Scott Salama, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
In Their Words

Education and Training

  • Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago, 2007 - 2010
  • Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, 2004 - 2007
  • M.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004

Grants

Publications

Clarke, JM, George, DJ, Lisi, S, and Salama, AKS. "Immune Checkpoint Blockade: The New Frontier in Cancer Treatment." Targeted oncology 13, no. 1 (February 13, 2018): 1-20.

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Bhatti, MT, and Salama, AKS. "Neuro-ophthalmic side effects of molecularly targeted cancer drugs." Eye (London, England) 32, no. 2 (February 2018): 287-301. (Review)

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Hamid, O, Puzanov, I, Dummer, R, Schachter, J, Daud, A, Schadendorf, D, Blank, C, Cranmer, LD, Robert, C, Pavlick, AC, Gonzalez, R, Hodi, FS, Ascierto, PA, Salama, AKS, Margolin, KA, Gangadhar, TC, Wei, Z, Ebbinghaus, S, Ibrahim, N, and Ribas, A. "Final analysis of a randomised trial comparing pembrolizumab versus investigator-choice chemotherapy for ipilimumab-refractory advanced melanoma." European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) 86 (November 2017): 37-45.

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Gangadhar, TC, Hwu, W-J, Postow, MA, Hamid, O, Daud, A, Dronca, R, Joseph, R, O'Day, SJ, Hodi, FS, Pavlick, AC, Kluger, H, Oxborough, RP, Yang, A, Gazdoiu, M, Kush, DA, Ebbinghaus, S, and Salama, AKS. "Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab in Patients Enrolled in KEYNOTE-030 in the United States: An Expanded Access Program." Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997) 40, no. 9 (November 2017): 334-340.

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Beasley, GM, Hu, Y, Youngwirth, L, Scheri, RP, Salama, AK, Rossfeld, K, Gardezi, S, Agnese, DM, Howard, JH, Tyler, DS, Slingluff, CL, and Terando, AM. "Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Recurrent Melanoma: A Multicenter Study." Annals of surgical oncology 24, no. 9 (September 2017): 2728-2733.

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28508145
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Turner, MC, Rossfeld, K, Salama, AKS, Tyler, D, and Beasley, G. "Can binimetinib, encorafenib and masitinib be more efficacious than currently available mutation-based targeted therapies for melanoma treatment?." Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy 18, no. 5 (April 2017): 487-495. (Review)

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Kinsey, EN, and Salama, AKS. "Metastatic uveal melanoma-A review of current therapies and future directions." European Oncology and Haematology 13, no. 2 (January 1, 2017): 100-106. (Review)

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Force, J, and Salama, AK. "First-line treatment of metastatic melanoma: role of nivolumab." ImmunoTargets and therapy 6 (January 2017): 1-10. (Review)

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Salama, AKS, and Moschos, SJ. "Next steps in immuno-oncology: enhancing antitumor effects through appropriate patient selection and rationally designed combination strategies." Annals of Oncology 28, no. 1 (January 2017): 57-74.

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Salama, AK. "Comparison between ketamine and hyoscine for the management of postoperative catheter-related bladder discomfort: A randomized controlled double-blind study." Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacology 33, no. 1 (January 2017): 76-80.

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28413276
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