The immune cell landscape of metastatic uveal melanoma correlates with overall survival

A Tosi, R Cappellesso, AP Dei Tos, V Rossi… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
Background Uveal melanoma (UM) represents the most common primary intra-ocular
malignancy in adults. Up to 50% of the patients develop distant metastases within 10 years …

[HTML][HTML] Immune profiling of uveal melanoma identifies a potential signature associated with response to immunotherapy

Y Qin, K Bollin, MP De MacEdo… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background To date, no systemic therapy, including immunotherapy, exists to improve
clinical outcomes in metastatic uveal melanoma (UM) patients. To understand the role of …

Immunotherapy in uveal melanoma: novel strategies and opportunities for personalized treatment

C Masaoutis, S Kokkali… - Expert opinion on …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most common intraocular cancer and represents a
discrete subtype of melanoma. Metastatic disease, which occurs in half of patients, has a …

Transcriptome profiling reveals new insights into the immune microenvironment and upregulation of novel biomarkers in metastatic uveal melanoma

Y Krishna, A Acha-Sagredo, D Sabat-Pośpiech… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Uveal melanoma (UM) is a rare aggressive eye cancer. Although
treatment of the eye tumour is successful, about 50% of UM patients develop a relapse of …

Parallel profiling of immune infiltrate subsets in uveal melanoma versus cutaneous melanoma unveils similarities and differences: a pilot study

Y Qin, M Petaccia de Macedo, A Reuben… - …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The low response rates to immunotherapy in uveal melanoma (UM) sharply contrast with
reputable response rates in cutaneous melanoma (CM) patients. To characterize the …

Bioinformatic Analysis Reveals Central Role for Tumor‐Infiltrating Immune Cells in Uveal Melanoma Progression

M Lachota, A Lennikov, KJ Malmberg… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor‐infiltrating immune cells are capable of effective cancer surveillance, and their
abundance is linked to better prognosis in numerous tumor types. However, in uveal …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive analysis of cutaneous and uveal melanoma liver metastases

EP Hoefsmit, EA Rozeman, TM Van… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The profound disparity in response to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) by
cutaneous melanoma (CM) and uveal melanoma (UM) patients is not well understood …

Inflammatory cell infiltrates in advanced metastatic uveal melanoma

Y Krishna, C McCarthy, H Kalirai, SE Coupland - Human pathology, 2017 - Elsevier
Current treatments for metastatic uveal melanoma (mUM) are limited and rarely prolong
patient survival. Immunotherapy trials for mUM are few and to date have demonstrated only …

[HTML][HTML] Uveal melanoma: identifying immunological and chemotherapeutic targets to treat metastases

MJ Jager, M Dogrusöz, SE Woodman - Asia-Pacific Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Uveal melanoma is an intraocular malignancy that, depending on its size and genetic make-
up, may lead to metastases in up to 50% of cases. Currently, no therapy has been proven to …

Circulating immune profile can predict survival of metastatic uveal melanoma patients: results of an exploratory study

E Rossi, IG Zizzari, A Di Filippo… - Human Vaccines & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Metastatic uveal melanoma (UM) is a poor prognosis malignancy. Immunotherapy is
commonly employed, despite the low activity, considering the lack of other effective systemic …