Recent advances and challenges of bispecific antibodies in solid tumors

Y Wu, M Yi, S Zhu, H Wang, K Wu - Experimental hematology & oncology, 2021 - Springer
Cancer immunotherapy has made remarkable progress in the past decade. Bispecific
antibodies (BsAbs) have acquired much attention as the next generation strategy of antibody …

Turning tumors from cold to inflamed to improve immunotherapy response

CL Gerard, J Delyon, A Wicky, K Homicsko… - Cancer treatment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Immune checkpoint inhibitors have revolutionized the treatment landscape for a number of
cancers over the last few decades. Nevertheless, a majority of patients still do not benefit …

Uveal melanoma metastasis

E Rossi, M Croce, F Reggiani, G Schinzari, M Ambrosio… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Survival after diagnosis of metastatic uveal melanoma has not significantly
improved over decades, most patients die within a year from diagnosis. Uveal melanoma is …

Prognostic biomarkers in uveal melanoma: The status quo, recent advances and future directions

NJ Lamas, A Martel, S Nahon-Estève, S Goffinet… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Although rare, uveal melanoma (UM) is the most common cancer that
develops inside adult eyes. The prognosis is poor, since 50% of patients will develop lethal …

Gp-100 as a novel therapeutic target in uveal melanoma

D Martinez-Perez, D Viñal, I Solares, E Espinosa… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Glycoprotein 100 (Gp-100) is a protein highly expressed in melanoma
tissue that has recently been effectively targeted by tebentafusp, a first-in-class bispecific …

Percutaneous hepatic perfusion (PHP) with melphalan in liver-dominant metastatic uveal melanoma: the German experience

CLA Dewald, MM Warnke, R Brüning, MA Schneider… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Percutaneous hepatic perfusion (PHP) with melphalan is an innovative
technique that facilitates the delivery of high-dose chemotherapy to hepatic tumors while …

Potential reasons for unresponsiveness to anti-PD1 immunotherapy in young patients with advanced melanoma

D Machiraju, S Schäfer, JC Hassel - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
The impact of age on the clinical benefit of anti-PD1 immunotherapy in advanced melanoma
patients has been evolving recently. Due to a reduced immune function in elderly patients …

Tebentafusp for uveal melanoma

D Killock - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2021 - nature.com
Uveal melanomas account for 3− 5% of all melanomas and, unlike their more common
cutaneous counterparts, have a low prevalence of targetable BRAF mutations and limited …

A year in pharmacology: new drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2020

G Kayki-Mutlu, MC Michel - Naunyn-schmiedeberg's Archives of …, 2021 - Springer
While the COVID-19 pandemic also affected the work of regulatory authorities, the US Food
and Drug Administration approved a total of 53 new drugs in 2020, one of the highest …

Combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors and liver-specific therapies in liver-metastatic uveal melanoma: can we thus overcome its high resistance?

CL Blomen, J Kött, TI Hartung, LK Torster, C Gebhardt - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have failed to overcome the high
therapy resistance of Metastatic Uveal Melanoma (MUM) in contrast to the dramatic benefits …