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ReviewCancers2022

Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma with a Combination of Immunotherapies and Molecularly Targeted Therapies.

Taylor Rager, Adam Eckburg, Meet Patel, Rong Qiu, Shahina Gantiwala, Katrina Dovalovsky, Kelly Fan, Katie Lam, Claire Roesler, Aayush Rastogi and 9 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Taylor RagerCollege of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA.
Adam EckburgFeinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1180-6240
Meet PatelCollege of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9962-0087
Rong QiuCollege of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA.
Shahina GantiwalaCollege of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2069-5394
Katrina DovalovskyCollege of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA.
Kelly FanCollege of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8011-9575
Katie LamCollege of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5202-3341
Claire RoeslerCollege of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0124-9858
Aayush RastogiCollege of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA.
Shruti GautamCollege of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA.
Namrata DubeCollege of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA.
Bridget MorganCollege of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA.
S M NasifuzzamanCollege of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA.
Dhruv RamaswamiCollege of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9798-2877
Varun GnanasekarCollege of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8811-3787
Jeffrey SmithCollege of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA.
Aftab MerchantCollege of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0969-2539
Neelu PuriCollege of Medicine, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL 61107, USA.
University of Illinois Chicago, Rockford campus · USNorthwestern University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melanoma possesses invasive metastatic growth patterns and is one of the most aggressive types of skin cancer. In 2021, it is estimated that 7180 deaths were attributed to melanoma in the United States alone. Once melanoma metastasizes, traditional therapies are no longer effective. Instead, immunotherapies, such as ipilimumab, pembrolizumab, and nivolumab, are the treatment options for malignant melanoma. Several biomarkers involved in tumorigenesis have been identified as potential targets for molecularly targeted melanoma therapy, such as tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Unfortunately, melanoma quickly acquires resistance to these molecularly targeted therapies. To bypass resistance, combination treatment with immunotherapies and single or multiple TKIs have been employed and have been shown to improve the prognosis of melanoma patients compared to monotherapy. This review discusses several combination therapies that target melanoma biomarkers, such as BRAF, MEK, RAS, c-KIT, VEGFR, c-MET and PI3K. Several of these regimens are already FDA-approved for treating metastatic melanoma, while others are still in clinical trials. Continued research into the causes of resistance and factors influencing the efficacy of these combination treatments, such as specific mutations in oncogenic proteins, may further improve the effectiveness of combination therapies, providing a better prognosis for melanoma patients.

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clinical trialsdrug resistanceimmunotherapiesmelanomamolecularly targeted therapiesmutations

Identifiers

PMID35954441
PMCPMC9367420
OpenAlexW4289704771

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