2025/01/01 by Lucy Millar, Rafael Di Marco Barros, Matthaios Kapiris +3 · 1 voice
Medicine · Immunology and Microbiology · #Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers #Immunotherapy and Immune Responses #Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/cei/uxaf073
openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/12/03 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Melanoma is currently the fifth most common cancer in the UK, and its incidence is rising. Although surgery is curative for many early-stage tumours, advanced disease which is inoperable has historically also been considered incurable. Recent and rapid advances in cancer immunotherapy, particularly immune checkpoint inhibitors, have now revolutionized the management of advanced melanoma with many patients likely being cured. Here, we review the immunobiology of melanoma, the growing list of standard-of-care immunotherapies and the considerations around which treatment regimen to use. We also review evidence from recent clinical trials of promising novel immunotherapies which will hopefully help patients who do not benefit from current treatments.