ReviewDermatology practical & conceptual2023
Immunotherapy and Its Timing in Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma Treatment.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Use of Hedgehog Pathway Inhibitors in Combination Therapy for Basal Cell Carcinoma: A Review and Narrative Synthesis.The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology · 2026Review
- Multiple Basal Cell Carcinomas in a Long-Term Survivor of Childhood ALL and HSCT-A Call for Dermatologic Vigilance.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Cemiplimab in the treatment of metastatic basal cell carcinoma.Future oncology (London, England) · 2025Review
- Double-sided niche regulation in skin stem cell and cancer: mechanisms and clinical applications.Molecular cancer · 2025Review
- Recurrent Metastatic Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Face in a Patient with Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Article
- Oncolytic Virus Therapy in a New Era of Immunotherapy, Enhanced by Combination with Existing Anticancer Therapies: Turn up the Heat!Journal of Cancer · 2025Review
- The Application of Mohs Micrographic Surgery in the Treatment of Acral Basal Cell Carcinoma: A Report of Two Cases.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Combining Phototherapy and Gold-Based Nanomaterials: A Breakthrough in Basal Cell Carcinoma Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Immunotherapy in Basal Cell Carcinoma.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Basal Cell Carcinoma: Comprehensive Review with Emphasis on Scar Tissue Manifestation and Post-Vaccination Incidence.Biomedicines · 2024Review
- Case report: Sequential treatment strategy for advanced basal cell carcinoma in Gorlin-Goltz syndrome: integration of vismodegib, radiotherapy, surgery, and high-intensity focused ultrasound.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
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Abstract
For patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma (BCC), including locally advanced or metastatic BCC not amenable to curative surgery or radiotherapy, hedgehog pathway inhibitors (HHI) vismodegib and sonidegib are approved as first-line systemic treatment. Results from clinical trials highlight that the overall discontinuation rate of HHI treatment varies from 88% to 92% with vismodegib and is approximately 92% with sonidegib, and half of patients will discontinue HHI after approximately 8 to 12 months. The main factors weighing in on the decision to discontinue HHI include efficacy (tumor response), adverse events and patient decision. In clinical practice, some of the patients that stop HHI may be re-evaluated if the tumor becomes amenable to surgery, or restart HHI at a later time, while others will need to switch to immunotherapy, depending on the reasons for HHI discontinuation. In this review, we revisit the therapeutic decisions considering a switch from HHI to immunotherapy with anti-PD-1 agent cemiplimab and we highlight the place of cemiplimab in the therapeutic ladder for patients with advanced BCC. We discuss the evidence on the efficacy and safety of anti-PD-1 agents as second-line systemic monotherapy, or in combination with other treatments, and the emergence of checkpoint immunotherapy as a neoadjuvant treatment.
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