• Magyar onkologia · Sep 2019

    Review

    Possible immunotherapies of skin cancers

    • Zsuzsanna Lengyel and Rolland Gyulai.
    • PTE KK, Bőr-, Nemikórtani és Onkodermatológiai Klinika, Pécs, Hungary
    • Magy Onkol. 2019 Sep 18; 63 (3): 239-245.

    AbstractSkin cancers represent the most common type of malignancy. The incidence rate of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer depicts a continuous rise worldwide, which is attributed mainly (but not exclusively) to the growing incidence of non-melanoma skin cancer in the elderly population. Most skin cancer types are sensitive to immunotherapy. Melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma showed response rates of at least 40% for PD-1 inhibitor therapy as reported in recent articles. In this article we review the current and future immunotherapy agents and procedures for skin cancers.

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