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ReviewCancers2025

Recent Advances in Immunotherapy for Melanoma: Perspectives on the Development of Novel Treatments: A Mini Review.

Yusuke Muto, Taku Fujimura, Yoshihide Asano

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Review in Cancers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yusuke MutoDepartment of Dermatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7180-2786
Taku FujimuraDepartment of Dermatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6809-5833
Yoshihide AsanoDepartment of Dermatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5560-9778

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It has been more than a decade since anti-PD-1 and anti-CTLA-4 antibodies were first introduced for the treatment of unresectable melanoma. The advent of these immunotherapies has dramatically transformed the treatment landscape. In recent years, anti-PD-1 antibodies have become the cornerstone of melanoma therapy, and the development of new treatment regimens has advanced rapidly in both Eastern and Western countries. However, clinical practice has revealed lower response rates in East Asian melanoma patients compared to Caucasian populations. This discrepancy may be partially attributed to T cell immune exhaustion within the tumor microenvironment, although the detailed mechanisms remain unclear. Moreover, there is currently no established treatment for BRAF wild-type melanoma that is resistant to anti-PD-1 antibodies. This review discusses the currently available therapeutic strategies for advanced melanoma and addresses the aforementioned challenges, highlighting recent efforts in both Eastern and Western regions.

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anti-CTLA-4 antibodyanti-PD-1 antibodyIFNIL-2immunotherapymelanoma

Identifiers

PMID40647561
PMCPMC12248896

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