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SUBMITTER: Bong CY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8107521 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bong Christopher Y CY Smithers B Mark BM Chua Terence C TC
Journal of thoracic disease 20210401 4
Metastatic melanoma is a fatal malignancy with a high mortality and morbidity. Since the early 1970s, available medical therapies were limited in improving survival. Surgery represented the best chance for a cure. However, surgery could only be offered to selected patients. The current landscape of treatment has radically evolved since the introduction of targeted and immunotherapies including BRAF and MEK inhibitors, and checkpoint blockers, like PD-1 and CTLA-4 antibodies. These new therapies ...[more]