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Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia
Print version ISSN 2182-2395On-line version ISSN 2182-2409
Abstract
RODRIGUES, Ana Sofia and BRINCA, Ana. Treatment of BRAF-Mutated Metastatic Melanoma: Immunotherapy or Target Therapy?. Rev Soc Port Dermatol Venereol [online]. 2021, vol.79, n.2, pp.1-9. Epub Oct 01, 2021. ISSN 2182-2395. https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.79.2.1342.
Metastatic melanoma has been associated with a poor prognosis, with overall survival rates at 5 years of 10%. Until 2011, the only treatments available for metastatic melanoma were chemotherapy and immunotherapy with interleukin-2. The more in-depth knowledge about the molecular biology of melanoma and the identification of BRAF mutations, which are the most frequently found, allowed us to find new therapeutic targets that came to modify the prognosis of these patients. Currently, the treatments available for metastatic melanoma with BRAF mutation are immunotherapy with immunological checkpoint inhibitors (anti-PD-1 to anti-CTLA-4) and targeted therapy with BRAF inhibitors and MEK inhibitors. However, the first-line therapy to be instituted in these patients remains unknown.
Keywords : Immunotherapy; Melanoma/therapy; Molecular Targeted Therapy; Mutation; Protein Kinase Inhibitors/therapeutic use..