Melanoma Immunotherapy and Precision Medicine in the Era of Tumor Micro-Tissue Engineering: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?

Malignant melanoma still remains a cancer with very poor survival rates, although it is at the forefront of personalized medicine. Most patients show partial responses and disease progressed due to adaptative resistance mechanisms, preventing long-lasting clinical benefits to the current treatments....

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Autores principales: Francesca Varrone, Luigi Mandrich, Emilia Caputo
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:720fcf7daf794e6ea90209ad5c6d70002021-11-25T17:03:58ZMelanoma Immunotherapy and Precision Medicine in the Era of Tumor Micro-Tissue Engineering: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?10.3390/cancers132257882072-6694https://doaj.org/article/720fcf7daf794e6ea90209ad5c6d70002021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/22/5788https://doaj.org/toc/2072-6694Malignant melanoma still remains a cancer with very poor survival rates, although it is at the forefront of personalized medicine. Most patients show partial responses and disease progressed due to adaptative resistance mechanisms, preventing long-lasting clinical benefits to the current treatments. The response to therapies can be shaped by not only taking into account cancer cell heterogeneity and plasticity, but also by its structural context as well as the cellular component of the tumor microenvironment (TME). Here, we review the recent development in the field of immunotherapy and target-based therapy and how, in the era of tumor micro-tissue engineering, ex-vivo assays could help to enhance our melanoma biology knowledge in its complexity, translating it in the development of successful therapeutic strategies, as well as in the prediction of therapeutic benefits.Francesca VarroneLuigi MandrichEmilia CaputoMDPI AGarticlemelanomatumor microenvironmentmulticellular spheroidsorganotypic melanoma modelsskin-on-chipNeoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogensRC254-282ENCancers, Vol 13, Iss 5788, p 5788 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
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topic melanoma
tumor microenvironment
multicellular spheroids
organotypic melanoma models
skin-on-chip
Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
RC254-282
spellingShingle melanoma
tumor microenvironment
multicellular spheroids
organotypic melanoma models
skin-on-chip
Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
RC254-282
Francesca Varrone
Luigi Mandrich
Emilia Caputo
Melanoma Immunotherapy and Precision Medicine in the Era of Tumor Micro-Tissue Engineering: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?
description Malignant melanoma still remains a cancer with very poor survival rates, although it is at the forefront of personalized medicine. Most patients show partial responses and disease progressed due to adaptative resistance mechanisms, preventing long-lasting clinical benefits to the current treatments. The response to therapies can be shaped by not only taking into account cancer cell heterogeneity and plasticity, but also by its structural context as well as the cellular component of the tumor microenvironment (TME). Here, we review the recent development in the field of immunotherapy and target-based therapy and how, in the era of tumor micro-tissue engineering, ex-vivo assays could help to enhance our melanoma biology knowledge in its complexity, translating it in the development of successful therapeutic strategies, as well as in the prediction of therapeutic benefits.
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author Francesca Varrone
Luigi Mandrich
Emilia Caputo
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Luigi Mandrich
Emilia Caputo
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title Melanoma Immunotherapy and Precision Medicine in the Era of Tumor Micro-Tissue Engineering: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?
title_short Melanoma Immunotherapy and Precision Medicine in the Era of Tumor Micro-Tissue Engineering: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?
title_full Melanoma Immunotherapy and Precision Medicine in the Era of Tumor Micro-Tissue Engineering: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?
title_fullStr Melanoma Immunotherapy and Precision Medicine in the Era of Tumor Micro-Tissue Engineering: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?
title_full_unstemmed Melanoma Immunotherapy and Precision Medicine in the Era of Tumor Micro-Tissue Engineering: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?
title_sort melanoma immunotherapy and precision medicine in the era of tumor micro-tissue engineering: where are we now and where are we going?
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/720fcf7daf794e6ea90209ad5c6d7000
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