2019
Immunotherapy of Melanoma: Facts and Hopes
Weiss SA, Wolchok JD, Sznol M. Immunotherapy of Melanoma: Facts and Hopes. Clinical Cancer Research 2019, 25: 5191-5201. PMID: 30923036, PMCID: PMC6726509, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-18-1550.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverall survivalMetastatic diseaseImmune therapyPredictive biomarkersNivolumab/ipilimumab combinationRandomized phase III trialLong-term clinical benefitImmunobiology of tumorsDuration of therapyPhase III trialsLong-term survivorsEffective immune therapyAdjuvant settingIpilimumab combinationMetastatic settingIII trialsPatient subsetsClinical benefitImmune modulationMetastatic melanomaClinical trialsSingle agentTherapyTrue increaseCell therapy
2013
Advances in the systemic treatment of metastatic melanoma.
Yushak M, Kluger HM, Sznol M. Advances in the systemic treatment of metastatic melanoma. Oncology 2013, 27: 374-81. PMID: 25184258, PMCID: PMC6092183.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntibodies, MonoclonalDrug Therapy, CombinationHumansImidazolesImmunologic FactorsImmunotherapy, AdoptiveIndolesIpilimumabMelanomaMutationNivolumabOximesProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafPyridonesPyrimidinonesSkin NeoplasmsSulfonamidesVemurafenibConceptsMetastatic melanomaTumor-host immune interactionsRandomized phase III trialPhase III trialsCombination of dabrafenibAdoptive cell therapyStandard of carePromising new agentPhase II dataIII trialsOverall survivalSystemic treatmentPredictive biomarkersMechanisms of resistanceTreatment outcomesIndividual patientsLimited efficacyAvailable agentsImmune interactionsNew agentsMolecular alterationsEffective agentCell therapyCurrent agentsMelanoma cells