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In this episode, Dr. Ray Liu and Melissa Wilson, PA-C, MPAS, Melanoma Lead at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, and AIM’s Ask a Medical Expert, come together to address the many questions and concerns caregivers have as they support a loved one on immunotherapy. They will discuss caregiving through immunotherapy treatment as it relates to both emotional and physical impacts on patients and their families.

• How to spot an immunotherapy complication? What are the top things to look out for?
• How do you know when there is a problem that needs to be reported? Who do you report it to?
• What can the patient do while on immunotherapy (exercise, etc.)?
• What are caregiver and patient-reported outcomes and what does the evidence show?

• Financial worries – especially long-term treatment with immunotherapy.
• How to talk to loved ones and friends about it.

• Anxiety about the future
• Caregiver burn-out

Beyond the Clinic: Living Well With Melanoma is a twelve-series podcast hosted by Raymond Liu, MD, Director of Cancer Survivorship for Kaiser Permanente San Francisco. For more information on our program, Beyond the Clinic: Living Well with Melanoma, and to find out about upcoming topics and guests, click here.