[HTML][HTML] Metastatic uveal melanoma: The final frontier

ES Rantala, MM Hernberg, S Piperno-Neumann… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of primary intraocular uveal melanoma has developed considerably, its
driver genes are largely unraveled, and the ways to assess its risk for metastases are very …

The biology of uveal melanoma

A Amaro, R Gangemi, F Piaggio, G Angelini… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2017 - Springer
Uveal melanoma (UM), a rare cancer of the eye, is distinct from cutaneous melanoma by its
etiology, the mutation frequency and profile, and its clinical behavior including resistance to …

Detection rate and prognostic value of circulating tumor cells and circulating tumor DNA in metastatic uveal melanoma

FC Bidard, J Madic, P Mariani… - … journal of cancer, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) have been recently
investigated in several cancer types, but their respective clinical significance remains to be …

Future perspectives of uveal melanoma blood based biomarkers

AB Beasley, FK Chen, TW Isaacs, ES Gray - British Journal of Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most common primary intraocular malignancy affecting adults.
Despite successful local treatment of the primary tumour, metastatic disease develops in up …

Uveal melanoma pathobiology: Metastasis to the liver

P Bustamante, L Piquet, S Landreville… - Seminars in cancer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Uveal melanoma (UM) is a type of intraocular tumor with a propensity to disseminate to the
liver. Despite the identification of the early driver mutations during the development of the …

Potential of aqueous humor as a liquid biopsy for uveal melanoma

DH Im, CC Peng, L Xu, ME Kim, D Ostrow… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tumor biopsy can identify prognostic biomarkers for metastatic uveal melanoma (UM),
however aqueous humor (AH) liquid biopsy may serve as an adjunct. This study …

Circulating neoplastic-immune hybrid cells predict metastatic progression in uveal melanoma

MS Parappilly, Y Chin, RM Whalen, AN Anderson… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Uveal melanoma is an aggressive cancer that begins in the eye, but often
spreads to distant organs when tumor cells enter the blood. Disease spreads in nearly half …

Mutation analysis of BRAF and KIT in circulating melanoma cells at the single cell level

K Sakaizawa, Y Goto, Y Kiniwa, A Uchiyama… - British journal of …, 2012 - nature.com
Background: The availability of molecular-targeted therapies for the treatment of melanoma
has emphasised the need to identify mutations in target genes such as BRAF and KIT …

Blood biomarkers of uveal melanoma: current perspectives

MF Bande Rodríguez, B Fernandez Marta… - Clinical …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The detection of metastases in patients with a diagnosis of uveal melanoma (UM) is a
controversial issue. While only 1% of the patients have detectable metastases at the time of …

Liquid biopsy in uveal melanoma: are we there yet?

E Jin, JV Burnier - Ocular Oncology and Pathology, 2021 - karger.com
In the era of precision oncology, major strides are being made to use individual tumor
information for clinical decision-making. Differing from traditional biopsy methods, the …