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Persuaded, Not Certain: Why I Voted Yes

Reflections on the FDA advisory committee review of RP1 plus nivolumab after progression on PD-1–based therapy

What a close FDA vote reveals about evidence, uncertainty, and regulatory judgment.

Aug 7, 2026

David Michael Miller, MD, PhD

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Multidisciplinary interpretation of clinically important new evidence.

Perspectives on the Science
Local Recurrence After Excision of Merkel Cell Carcinoma: What Do We Actually Know, and What Should We Do Next?

This Perspectives on the Science article summarizes a multidisciplinary Society of Cutaneous Oncology Journal Club discussion of Kavanagh et al., Local Recurrence Following Complete Surgical Excision of Primary Merkel Cell Carcinoma. The discussion examines uncertainty in local recurrence risk after margin-negative excision, variation in postoperative radiation therapy practice, and future evidence-generation approaches that integrate curated multi-institutional data, causal inference, and probabilistic modeling to support decision-making under uncertainty.

Jul 16, 2026