Information with regards to Melanoma

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Dear University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust,

I would like to please request the following information:

The purpose of these questions is to understand the variability of treatment within your trust and in context to the rest of the country.

Q1. In the past 3 months (or the latest 3 months data you have available), how many melanoma patients were treated with:
• Bevacizumab (Avastin)
• Dacarbazine (DTIC)
• Trametinib (Mekinist)
• Dabrafenib (Tafinlar)
• Ipilimumab (Yervoy)
• Vemurafenib (Zelboraf)
• Nivolumab (Opdivo)
• Nivolumab + Ipilimumab (Opdivo + Yervoy)
• Pembrolizumab (Keytruda)
• Vemurafenib + cobimetinib (Zelboraf + Cotellic)
• Dabrafenib + Trametinib (Tafinlar + Mekinist)
• Braftovi (encorafenib) in combination with Mektovi (binimetinib) for BRAF V600 patients
• Other active systemic anti-cancer therapy [please state]
• Palliative care only

Q2. In the past 3 months (or the latest 3 months data you have available), how many metastatic melanoma patients were treated with the following:
• Ipilimumab
• Ipilimumab AND Nivolumab
• Nivolumab
• Pembrolizumab
• Dabrafenib AND Trametinib
• Any Other Targeted Therapy (Dabrafenib /Encorafenib AND Binimetinib /Trametinib /Vemurafenib /Vemurafenib AND Cobimetinib)
• Other active systemic anti-cancer therapy
• Palliative care only

Thank you for answering these questions.

Yours faithfully,

Ed Fryer

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Ed Fryer,

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Information Governance Officer
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Dear Ed Fryer,

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by us on 01/04/2022. Any exemptions applied to this request are indicated
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Yours sincerely,

Information Governance Officer
The Information Governance Department
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Tel: 0300 019 4932/2866/2542
Email: [email address]

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