New Therapies and Immunological Findings in Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers

• Main Author: Atsushi Otsuka (auth)
• Other Authors: Reinhard Georg Dummer (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2019
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; skin cancer; immunotherapy; melanoma; cell carcinoma; oncology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

New therapies are currently being developed in the field of skin cancer. In particular, advances in melanoma now represent the frontline of cancer immunotherapy, as immunological findings in the disease have led to the development of highly effective immune-checkpoint inhibitors. However, these immu...