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ReviewBiomedicines2025

Advanced Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Biology, Immunotherapy, and Evolving Prognostic Factors.

Antonio Di Guardo, Federica Trovato, Carmen Cantisani, Francesco Ricci, Giovanni Di Lella, Francesco Moro, Roberto Morese, Annarita Panebianco, Steven P Nisticò, Giovanni Pellacani and 1 more

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Review in Biomedicines, 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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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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Skin Cancer Prevention and Antiaging: Role of Nicotinamide.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Review
  3. Photodynamic Therapy in Dermatology.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Review
  4. Article
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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

11 authors.

Antonio Di GuardoUnit of Dermatology, Department of Medical and Cardiovascular Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0117-346X
Federica TrovatoUnit of Dermatology, Department of Medical and Cardiovascular Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0009-0002-9092-6183
Carmen CantisaniUnit of Dermatology, Department of Medical and Cardiovascular Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2181-951X
Francesco RicciIRCCS Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata (IDI-IRCCS), Dermatological Research Hospital, 00167 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8388-9268
Giovanni Di LellaIRCCS Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata (IDI-IRCCS), Dermatological Research Hospital, 00167 Rome, Italy.
Francesco MoroUnit of Dermatology, Department of Medical and Cardiovascular Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0031-941X
Roberto MoreseIRCCS Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata (IDI-IRCCS), Dermatological Research Hospital, 00167 Rome, Italy.
Annarita PanebiancoIRCCS Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata (IDI-IRCCS), Dermatological Research Hospital, 00167 Rome, Italy.
Steven P NisticòUnit of Dermatology, Department of Medical and Cardiovascular Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3828-0883
Giovanni PellacaniUnit of Dermatology, Department of Medical and Cardiovascular Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Luca FaniaIRCCS Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata (IDI-IRCCS), Dermatological Research Hospital, 00167 Rome, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (aCSCC) comprises locally advanced and metastatic disease not amenable to curative surgery or radiotherapy and is associated with substantial morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. This narrative review summarizes current knowledge on the epidemiology, biology, clinical presentation, and staging of aCSCC and critically appraises therapeutic strategies with a focus on programmed death 1 (PD-1) blockade. Immune checkpoint inhibitors now represent the main systemic treatment for advanced cSCC, with clinical trials and observational studies reporting response rates around 45-60%, sustained benefit in a subset of patients, and a manageable yet clinically relevant profile of immune-related toxicities. However, outcomes remain heterogeneous, particularly in elderly, comorbid, and immunosuppressed patients. We therefore review established and emerging prognostic determinants spanning clinical, anatomical, histopathological, metabolic, inflammatory, and on-treatment domains. Priorities for biomarker-enriched studies and harmonized real-world registries to enable more refined risk stratification and genuinely personalized, multidisciplinary management of aCSCC are also outlined.

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cemiplimabcutaneous squamous cell carcinomaimmunotherapyPD-1 blockadeprognostic factorsspecial populations

Identifiers

PMID41463022
PMCPMC12731149

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