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ArticleJAAD international2024

Benefit, recurrence pattern, and toxicity to adjuvant anti-PD-1 monotherapy varies by ethnicity and melanoma subtype: An international multicenter cohort study.

Xue Bai, Aleigha R Lawless, Juliane A Czapla, Stefanie C Gerstberger, Benjamin C Park, Seungyeon Jung, Rebecca Johnson, Naoya Yamazaki, Dai Ogata, Yoshiyasu Umeda and 11 more

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Article in JAAD international, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Poor efficacy of anti PD-1 antibody based immunotherapy in patients with acral melanoma: results from the Spanish Melanoma Group (GEM) registry.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  8. Combination of Postoperative Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Significantly Prolongs Recurrence-Free Survival in Sinonasal Mucosal Melanoma.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale
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5 · Who and what money

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21 authors.

Xue BaiDepartment of Melanoma and Sarcoma, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education, Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China.
Aleigha R LawlessMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Juliane A CzaplaMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Stefanie C GerstbergerMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Benjamin C ParkDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Seungyeon JungDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Rebecca JohnsonMelanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, and Department of Medical Oncology, Royal North Shore and Mater Hospitals, Sydney, Australia.
Naoya YamazakiDepartment of Dermatologic Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Dai OgataDepartment of Dermatologic Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshiyasu UmedaDepartment of Skin Oncology/Dermatology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
Caili LiDepartment of Melanoma and Sarcoma, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education, Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China.
Jun GuoDepartment of Melanoma and Sarcoma, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education, Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China.
Keith T FlahertyMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Yasuhiro NakamuraDepartment of Skin Oncology/Dermatology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
Kenjiro NamikawaDepartment of Dermatologic Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Georgina V LongMelanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, and Department of Medical Oncology, Royal North Shore and Mater Hospitals, Sydney, Australia.
Alexander M MenziesMelanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, and Department of Medical Oncology, Royal North Shore and Mater Hospitals, Sydney, Australia.
Douglas B JohnsonDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Ryan J SullivanMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Genevieve M BolandDepartment of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Masssachusetts.
Lu SiDepartment of Melanoma and Sarcoma, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education, Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Anti-Program-Death-1 (PD-1) is a standard adjuvant therapy for patients with resected melanoma. We hypothesized that there are discrepancies in survival, recurrence pattern and toxicity to adjuvant PD-1 between different ethnicities and melanoma subtypes. Objective: We performed a multicenter cohort study incorporating 6 independent institutions in Australia, China, Japan, and the United States. The primary outcomes were recurrence free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS). Secondary outcomes were disease recurrence patterns and toxicities. Results: In total 534 patients were included. East-Asian/Hispanic/African reported significantly poorer RFS/OS. Nonacral cutaneous or melanoma of unknown primary reported the best RFS/OS, followed by acral, and mucosal was the poorest. Within the nonacral cutaneous or melanoma of unknown primary subtypes, East-Asian/Hispanic/African reported significantly poorer RFS/OS than Caucasian. In the multivariate analysis incorporating ethnicity/melanoma-subtype/age/sex/stage/lactate dehydrogenase/BRAF (v-Raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B)-mutation/adjuvant radiotherapy, East-Asian/Hispanic/African had independently significantly poorer outcomes (RFS: HR, 1.71; 95% CI, 1.19-2.44 and OS: HR, 2.34; 95% CI, 1.39-3.95), as was mucosal subtype (RFS: HR, 3.25; 95% CI, 2.04-5.17 and OS: HR, 3.20; 95% CI, 1.68-6.08). Mucosal melanoma was an independent risk factor for distant metastasis, especially liver metastasis. East-Asian/Hispanic/African had significantly lower incidence of gastrointestinal/musculoskeletal/respiratory/other-rare-type-toxicities; but higher incidences of liver toxicities. Limitations: A retrospective study. Conclusions: Ethnicity and melanoma subtype are associated with survival and recurrence pattern in melanoma patients treated with adjuvant anti-PD-1. Toxicity profile differs by ethnicity and may require a precision toxicity surveillance strategy.

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adjuvant PD-1efficacyethnicitymelanoma subtypetoxicity

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PMCPMC10945245

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