Despite his initial prognosis of six to eight months to live, Ronald Eckert, MD, is thriving after undergoing a new immunotherapy treatment for stage 4 melanoma. Four years after the treatment, he feels he is cured and shares his story. Medical experts discuss the groundbreaking immunotherapy research and treatments being discovered each day in the area of cancers-treatments that will change the way we look at cancer.
Episode Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds
Episode Number: 1404
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Fast-paced and provocative, SECOND OPINION focuses on health literacy in an engaging, entertaining and accessible way.
The long-running series engages a panel of medical professionals and lay people in honest, in-depth discussions about complex health issues and life-changing medical decisions.
Host Dr.
Peter Salgo, who maintains a full-time practice at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City, presents intriguing, real-life medical cases to professionals representing a variety of specialties.
As the experts grapple with the diagnosis and treatment options, viewers gain an understanding of doctors' decision-making process.
This season, topics include: psoriasis, chronic pain management, medical radiation, pituitary gland tumor, living with Alzheimer's, pneumonia, autism and more.
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