Melanoma Adjuvant Treatment : Current Insight and Clinical Features

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Melanoma represents 2-3% of all cancers, 95% of them arise from skin, while only 5% are non-cutaneous melanoma. Despite an optimal surgery management, the risk of a local and systemic relapse remains high, particularly in high-risk patients (node-positive or node-negative T3b, T4 a/b). We conducted a systematic review of the main published and ongoing phase I/II/III trials between 2000 and June 2015 on the adjuvant treatment of cutaneous melanoma. The IFN remains the only option currently available for this aim. Ipilimumab represents a possible breakthrough in this setting, considering the positive results of the EORTC 18701 trials in terms of disease free survival (DFS), while data regarding OS are pending. Recent advances in the understanding of the biology of melanoma result in the identification of MAPK pathway role in the melanoma development. Based on these features, B-RAF inhibitors and their combination with immunotherapy could represent the upcoming therapeutic strategy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

Current cancer drug targets - 18(2018), 5 vom: 09., Seite 442-456

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

D'Aniello, Carmine [VerfasserIn]
Perri, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Scarpati, Giuseppina Della Vittoria [VerfasserIn]
Pepa, Chiara Della [VerfasserIn]
Pisconti, Salvatore [VerfasserIn]
Montesarchio, Vincenzo [VerfasserIn]
Wernert, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Zarone, Mayra Rachele [VerfasserIn]
Caraglia, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Facchini, Gaetano [VerfasserIn]
Berretta, Massimiliano [VerfasserIn]
Cavaliere, Carla [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adjuvant treatment
Antineoplastic Agents
Biochemotherapy
Immunotherapy
Interferon
Journal Article
Melanoma
Radiotherapy
Review
Target therapy.

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Date Completed 02.08.2019

Date Revised 02.08.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2174/1568009617666170208163714

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM268823561