2020
Defining tumor resistance to PD-1 pathway blockade: recommendations from the first meeting of the SITC Immunotherapy Resistance Taskforce
Kluger HM, Tawbi HA, Ascierto ML, Bowden M, Callahan MK, Cha E, Chen HX, Drake CG, Feltquate DM, Ferris RL, Gulley JL, Gupta S, Humphrey RW, LaVallee TM, Le DT, Hubbard-Lucey VM, Papadimitrakopoulou VA, Postow MA, Rubin EH, Sharon E, Taube JM, Topalian SL, Zappasodi R, Sznol M, Sullivan RJ. Defining tumor resistance to PD-1 pathway blockade: recommendations from the first meeting of the SITC Immunotherapy Resistance Taskforce. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2020, 8: e000398. PMID: 32238470, PMCID: PMC7174063, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2019-000398.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer immunotherapyClinical definitionNew agentsPD-1/PD-L1 blockadePD-1 pathway blockadeConsensus clinical definitionPD-L1 blockadeDeath receptor-1Immunotherapy of cancerStandard of careClinical trial designTreatment discontinuationMechanisms of resistancePathway blockadeClinical trialsConfirmatory scanPrimary resistancePatient benefitSecondary resistanceTrial designTreatment approachesUnmet needReceptor 1Tumor resistancePattern of response
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
2011
Molecular Markers of Response to Treatment for Melanoma
Sznol M. Molecular Markers of Response to Treatment for Melanoma. The Cancer Journal 2011, 17: 127-133. PMID: 21427556, DOI: 10.1097/ppo.0b013e318212dd5a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune therapyAnti-tumor immune responseInitial high response rateStandard of careFraction of patientsUseful predictive biomarkerHigh response rateMost patientsMetastatic melanomaPredictive biomarkersClinical activityImmune responseIndividual patientsPotent small molecule inhibitorsDurable benefitMultiple active agentsSmall molecule inhibitorsResponse ratePatientsMutant BRAFOverall populationTherapyMolecule inhibitorsMelanomaTumors