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ReviewAmerican journal of clinical dermatology2025

Overcoming Resistance Mechanisms to Melanoma Immunotherapy.

David X Zheng, David J Bozym, Giuseppe Tarantino, Ryan J Sullivan, David Liu, Russell W Jenkins

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Review in American journal of clinical dermatology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

David X ZhengMass General Cancer Center, Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
David J BozymMass General Cancer Center, Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Giuseppe TarantinoDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Ryan J SullivanMass General Cancer Center, Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
David LiuDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Russell W JenkinsMass General Cancer Center, Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. rjenkins@mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6110-2148

Funding

MGH Diseases of Aging Pathway Via Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (MGH DAP StARR)R38AG070229 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BRADLEY T. HYMAN, Christine S Ritchie · 2023 to 2026
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NIA NIH HHS R38 AG070229NIA NIH HHS R38AG070229
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The advent of immune checkpoint inhibition has revolutionized treatment of advanced melanoma. While most patients derive survival benefit from established immunotherapies, notably monoclonal antibodies blocking cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 and programmed cell death protein 1, a subset does not optimally respond due to the manifestation of innate or acquired resistance to these therapies. Combination regimens have proven efficacious relative to single-agent blockade, but also yield high-grade treatment toxicities that are often dose-limiting for patients. In this review, we discuss the significant strides made in the past half-decade toward expanding the melanoma immunotherapy treatment paradigm. These include newly approved therapies, adoption of neoadjuvant immunotherapy, and studies in the clinical trials pipeline targeting alternative immune checkpoints and key immunoregulatory molecules. We then review how developments in molecular and functional diagnostics have furthered our understanding of the tumor-intrinsic and -extrinsic mechanisms driving immunotherapy resistance, as well as highlight novel biomarkers for predicting treatment response. Throughout, we discuss potential approaches for targeting these resistance mechanisms in rational combination with established immunotherapies to improve outcomes for patients with melanoma.

Indexed as

Drug Resistance, NeoplasmImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyMelanomaSkin NeoplasmsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorHumansNeoadjuvant TherapyBiomarkers, TumorImmune Checkpoint Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID39636504
PMCPMC12594210

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