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2018

Edith Cowan University

Oncology

Anti-CTLA4

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Ipilimumab Activity In Advanced Uveal Melanoma: A Pooled Analysis, Muhammad A. Khattak, Elin Gray Jan 2018

Ipilimumab Activity In Advanced Uveal Melanoma: A Pooled Analysis, Muhammad A. Khattak, Elin Gray

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Background

Uveal Melanoma is a rare tumour that displays different clinical behavior and molecular features compared with cutaneous melanoma. It is generally resistant to systemic therapy and there is no current standard effective therapy to treat patients with advanced disease.

Patients and methods

We searched Medline, PubMed, EMBASE and major oncology conference abstracts from the past 5 years to identify relevant studies evaluating ipilimumab monotherapy in uveal melanoma. Data were extracted on ipilimumab dose, sample size, Objective Response Rate (ORR), Progression Free Survival (PFS), median Overall Survival (mOS), Disease Control Rate (DCR), 1 year Overall Survival (1yrOS) and 2 year …