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ReviewCancers2023

A Review of Advanced Cutaneous Melanoma Therapies and Their Mechanisms, from Immunotherapies to Lysine Histone Methyl Transferase Inhibitors.

Renato Santos de Oliveira Filho, Daniel Arcuschin de Oliveira, Melissa Maeda Nisimoto, Luciana Cavalheiro Marti

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  4. Primary Cutaneous Melanoma-Management in 2024.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024
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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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Renato Santos de Oliveira FilhoDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Escola Paulista de Medicina-Universidade Federal de São Paulo-EPM-UNIFESP, São Paulo 04023-062, SP, Brazil.
Daniel Arcuschin de OliveiraDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo-UNIFESP-Skin Cancer and Melanoma Fellow, São Paulo 04023-900, SP, Brazil.
Melissa Maeda NisimotoCutaneous Oncology Service, Hospital Nove de Julho, São Paulo 01409-002, SP, Brazil.
Luciana Cavalheiro MartiExperimental Research Department, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo 05652-900, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-3890-0827
Universidade Federal de São Paulo · BRHospital Israelita Albert Einstein · BRUniversidade Nove de Julho · BR

Funding

Centro de Estudos Jorge Moura Andrews 2023/01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advanced cutaneous melanoma is considered to be the most aggressive type of skin cancer and has variable rates of treatment response. Currently, there are some classes of immunotherapy and target therapies for its treatment. Immunotherapy can inhibit tumor growth and its recurrence by triggering the host's immune system, whereas targeted therapy inhibits specific molecules or signaling pathways. However, melanoma responses to these treatments are highly heterogeneous, and patients can develop resistance. Epigenomics (DNA/histone modifications) contribute to cancer initiation and progression. Epigenetic alterations are divided into four levels of gene expression regulation: DNA methylation, histone modification, chromatin remodeling, and non-coding RNA regulation. Deregulation of lysine methyltransferase enzymes is associated with tumor initiation, invasion, development of metastases, changes in the immune microenvironment, and drug resistance. The study of lysine histone methyltransferase (KMT) and nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) inhibitors is important for understanding cancer epigenetic mechanisms and biological processes. In addition to immunotherapy and target therapy, the research and development of KMT and NNMT inhibitors is ongoing. Many studies are exploring the therapeutic implications and possible side effects of these compounds, in addition to their adjuvant potential to the approved current therapies. Importantly, as with any drug development, safety, efficacy, and specificity are crucial considerations when developing methyltransferase inhibitors for clinical applications. Thus, this review article presents the recently available therapies and those in development for advanced cutaneous melanoma therapy.

Indexed as

advanced melanomaimmunotherapylysine histone methyl transferase inhibitorstarget therapyUNC0642

Identifiers

PMID38136297
PMCPMC10741407
OpenAlexW4389482354

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