2023
Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) clinical practice guideline on immunotherapy for the treatment of melanoma, version 3.0
Pavlick A, Ariyan C, Buchbinder E, Davar D, Gibney G, Hamid O, Hieken T, Izar B, Johnson D, Kulkarni R, Luke J, Mitchell T, Mooradian M, Rubin K, Salama A, Shirai K, Taube J, Tawbi H, Tolley J, Valdueza C, Weiss S, Wong M, Sullivan R. Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) clinical practice guideline on immunotherapy for the treatment of melanoma, version 3.0. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2023, 11: e006947. PMID: 37852736, PMCID: PMC10603365, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2023-006947.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsClinical practice guidelinesCutaneous melanomaTreatment of melanomaPractice guidelinesProlongs recurrence-free survivalCancer clinical practice guidelinesCell death protein 1Metastatic cutaneous melanomaBispecific T cell engager (BiTE) therapyChemotherapy-resistant diseaseRecurrence-free survivalDeath protein 1Long-term followManagement of patientsSpecial patient populationsImmunotherapy of cancerConsensus-based recommendationsPossibility of cureUnique toxicity profileQuality of lifeIntratumoral immunotherapyNeoadjuvant strategiesAdvanced diseaseBrain metastasesA phase 2/3 trial in progress on tebentafusp as monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab in HLA-A*02:01+ patients with previously treated advanced non-uveal melanoma (TEBE-AM).
Davar D, Ikeguchi A, Buchbinder E, Shoushtari A, Seedor R, Bernicker E, Weiss S, Daniels G, Panella T, Ryan H, Goodall H, Sullivan R. A phase 2/3 trial in progress on tebentafusp as monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab in HLA-A*02:01+ patients with previously treated advanced non-uveal melanoma (TEBE-AM). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2023, 41: tps9594-tps9594. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2023.41.16_suppl.tps9594.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic cutaneous melanomaMetastatic uveal melanomaAdvanced melanomaInvestigator's choicePrimary endpointDual primary endpointsOverall survival benefitPhase 3 trialSimilar patient populationsPhase 2/3 trialIC armOS benefitPrior ipilimumabRECIST responseInhibitor regimenSupportive careSurvival benefitCare therapyAnti-CTLA4CtDNA levelsTumor burdenInvestigational agentsPatient populationCutaneous melanomaClinical trials
2020
Survival after checkpoint inhibitors for metastatic acral, mucosal and uveal melanoma
Klemen ND, Wang M, Rubinstein JC, Olino K, Clune J, Ariyan S, Cha C, Weiss SA, Kluger HM, Sznol M. Survival after checkpoint inhibitors for metastatic acral, mucosal and uveal melanoma. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2020, 8: e000341. PMID: 32209601, PMCID: PMC7103823, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2019-000341.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCheckpoint inhibitorsOverall survivalMetastatic melanomaPrimary tumorLocal therapyCutaneous melanomaAnti-PD-1 antibodyAggressive multidisciplinary approachCutaneous primary tumorPrimary tumor histologyMedian overall survivalSingle institutional experienceRare melanoma subtypeMedian OSMetastatic diseaseProgressive diseaseAcral skinComplete responsePD-1PD-L1Uveal tractTumor histologyCombination therapyCTLA-4Longer survival
2017
Targeting EZH2 in acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM).
Izsak A, Giles K, Lui K, Weiss S, Moran U, Vega-Saenz de Miera E, Stein J, Lee A, Darvishian F, Shapiro R, Berman R, Pavlick A, Wilson M, Osman I. Targeting EZH2 in acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: 9534-9534. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.9534.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcral lentiginous melanomaCM cell linesCutaneous melanomaALM casesCell linesMetastatic progressionEZH2 expressionMetastatic acral lentiginous melanomaEZH2 inhibitionEZH2 inhibitorsEffects of GSK126Mean IHC scoreColony formationEZH2 protein expressionClinicopathological dataPrimary tumorLentiginous melanomaMetastatic tumorsClinical trialsHistone methyltransferase EZH2Treatment outcomesIHC scoreLow dosesTherapeutic potentialTumors
2015
Revisiting determinants of prognosis in cutaneous melanoma
Weiss SA, Hanniford D, Hernando E, Osman I. Revisiting determinants of prognosis in cutaneous melanoma. Cancer 2015, 121: 4108-4123. PMID: 26308244, PMCID: PMC4666819, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29634.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDeterminants of prognosisCutaneous melanomaStaging systemCurrent staging modelsCurrent staging systemLymph node spreadPrimary tumor thicknessAmerican Joint CommitteeCancer (AJCC) staging systemPresence of ulcerationPrimary cutaneous melanomaUseful prognostic biomarkerMelanoma staging systemNew prognostic toolClinical surveillance strategiesAdjuvant therapyAdvanced diseaseDistant metastasisPatient selectionNode spreadSurvival outcomesTumor thicknessImmunologic markersPatient prognosisPatient outcomes