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ReviewCurrent treatment options in oncology2019

Adjuvant Therapy for Melanoma.

Maiko Wada-Ohno, Takamichi Ito, Masutaka Furue

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Review in Current treatment options in oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Role of pyroptosis in melanoma: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potentials.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  3. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Melanoma: Overview and Updates.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  8. Adjuvant Therapy in Acral Melanoma: A Systematic Review.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2024
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  11. Improving cancer immunotherapyActa pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Maiko Wada-OhnoDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, -1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan. maiko@dermatol.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
Takamichi ItoDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, -1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
Masutaka FurueDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, -1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

opinion statementIn recent years, the number of patients with malignant melanoma has continued to increase globally; surgery remains the first treatment option for patients with resectable melanoma. Adjuvant therapy for patients with stage III and IV melanoma following surgical resection has gradually been approved. After complete resection, these patients can probably derive significant benefit from adjuvant therapy. New treatments that improve the long-term survival of patients with unresectable advanced or metastatic melanoma are currently under evaluation in adjuvant therapy to increase relapse-free survival and overall survival. We here review several relevant clinical trials of radiotherapy, systemic immune therapies, molecular-targeted therapies, and neoadjuvant therapies in order to shed light on most suitable adjuvant therapy. The findings of this review include the following: The use of interferon-α2b will be restricted for patients with ulcerated primary melanoma in countries with no access to new drugs in adjuvant therapy. Ipilimumab should not be considered as the first-line therapy due to its lower efficacy and severe toxicity. The use of anti-programmed death-1 antibody would be a relevant adjuvant therapy for patients without BRAF mutation. If the BRAF mutation status is positive, the combination of dabrafenib and trametinib is a plausible option. The establishment of appropriate therapeutic planning and clinical endpoints in adjuvant therapy should affect the standard of care. The choice of optimal adjuvant therapy for individual patients is an important issue.

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Chemotherapy, AdjuvantCombined Modality TherapyDisease ManagementHumansMelanomaMolecular Targeted TherapyNeoadjuvant TherapyRadiotherapy, AdjuvantTreatment OutcomeAdjuvant therapyImmune therapyMelanomaNeoadjuvant therapyRadiotherapyTargeted therapy

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