Determinants of resistance and response to melanoma therapy

Bailey M. Robertson, Mitchell E. Fane, Ashani T. Weeraratna, Vito W. Rebecca

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Abstract

Metastatic melanoma is among the most enigmatic advanced cancers to clinically manage despite immense progress in the way of available therapeutic options and historic decreases in the melanoma mortality rate. Most patients with metastatic melanoma treated with modern targeted therapies (for example, BRAFV600E/K inhibitors) and/or immune checkpoint blockade (for example, anti-programmed death 1 therapy) will progress, owing to profound tumor cell plasticity fueled by genetic and nongenetic mechanisms and dichotomous host microenvironmental influences. Here we discuss the determinants of tumor heterogeneity, mechanisms of therapy resistance and effective therapy regimens that hold curative promise.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)964-982
Number of pages19
JournalNature Cancer
Volume5
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 17 2024

Keywords

  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
  • Humans
  • Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors/therapeutic use
  • Melanoma/drug therapy
  • Molecular Targeted Therapy/methods
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf/genetics
  • Skin Neoplasms/drug therapy
  • Tumor Microenvironment/drug effects

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