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Immunotherapy for uveal melanoma.


ABSTRACT: Uveal melanoma (UM) is a rare cancer with a high mortality rate. In comparison to cutaneous melanoma, UM has unique immunological features. Arising in the immune suppressive environment of the eye, it maintains immune resistance once metastatic. This is considered a major obstacle for successful immunotherapy in UM. However, a growing body of evidence suggests strategies that may abrogate resistance and enhance antitumor immunity in UM. Recently, three new immune agents have been approved for melanoma. While these drugs demonstrate durable clinical responses with long-term remissions in metastatic cutaneous melanoma, only limited data exist in metastatic UM. In this review, immunological aspects of UM and data from clinical studies of immunotherapeutic agents and regimens for UM will be discussed.

SUBMITTER: Kim DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6094800 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Immunotherapy for uveal melanoma.

Kim Dae Won DW   Anderson Jaime J   Patel Sapna P SP  

Melanoma management 20160519 2


Uveal melanoma (UM) is a rare cancer with a high mortality rate. In comparison to cutaneous melanoma, UM has unique immunological features. Arising in the immune suppressive environment of the eye, it maintains immune resistance once metastatic. This is considered a major obstacle for successful immunotherapy in UM. However, a growing body of evidence suggests strategies that may abrogate resistance and enhance antitumor immunity in UM. Recently, three new immune agents have been approved for me  ...[more]

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