| Literature DB >> 30228935 |
Paolo A Ascierto1, Reinhard Dummer2.
Abstract
Recent developments in immunotherapy have prolonged overall survival in metastatic melanoma with the possibility to reach a long-term benefit. Targeted therapies based on BRAF and MEK inhibition also seem to have a long-term beneficial effect, which is more evident in patients with favorable baseline characteristics, namely normal levels of lactate dehydrogenase, without brain metastases, and low tumor burden. This long-term benefit of targeted therapies might be related to an immune-modulation: indeed BRAF and MEK inhibitors affect tumor microenvironment and immune surveillance, and it has been shown that patients with complete response to targeted treatment have a pre-existing favorable immunologic signature.Entities:
Keywords: BRAF; MEK; advanced melanoma; immune therapy; target therapy
Year: 2018 PMID: 30228935 PMCID: PMC6140547 DOI: 10.1080/2162402X.2018.1468955
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Oncoimmunology ISSN: 2162-4011 Impact factor: 8.110