Future perspectives in melanoma research : Meeting report from the "Melanoma Bridge". Napoli, December 1st-4th 2015.

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Published in J Transl Med on November 15, 2016

Authors

Paolo A Ascierto1,2, Sanjiv Agarwala3, Gerardo Botti4, Alessandra Cesano5, Gennaro Ciliberto4, Michael A Davies6, Sandra Demaria7, Reinhard Dummer8, Alexander M Eggermont9, Soldano Ferrone10, Yang Xin Fu11, Thomas F Gajewski12, Claus Garbe13, Veronica Huber14, Samir Khleif15, Michael Krauthammer16, Roger S Lo17, Giuseppe Masucci18, Giuseppe Palmieri19, Michael Postow20, Igor Puzanov21, Ann Silk22, Stefani Spranger23, David F Stroncek24, Ahmad Tarhini25, Janis M Taube26, Alessandro Testori27, Ena Wang28, Jennifer A Wargo29, Cassian Yee30, Hassane Zarour25, Laurence Zitvogel31,32, Bernard A Fox33,34, Nicola Mozzillo4, Francesco M Marincola30, Magdalena Thurin35

Author Affiliations

1: IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Fondazione "G. Pascale", Naples, Italy. paolo.ascierto@gmail.com.
2: Unit of Medical Oncology and Innovative Therapy, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori "Fondazione G. Pascale", Via Mariano Semmola, 80131, Naples, Italy. paolo.ascierto@gmail.com.
3: Department of Oncology and Hematology, St. Luke's University Hospital and Temple University, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
4: IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Fondazione "G. Pascale", Naples, Italy.
5: Nanostring Inc., 500 Fairview Avenue N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.
6: Division of Cancer Medicine, Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
7: Departments of Radiation Oncology and Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
8: Skin Cancer Unit, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zürich, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland.
9: Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus Grand Paris, Villejuif, France.
10: Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
11: Department of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
12: Departments of Medicine and of Pathology, Immunology and Cancer Program, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
13: Department of Dermatology, Center for Dermato Oncology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
14: Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
15: Georgia Regents University Cancer Center, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, USA.
16: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
17: Departments of Medicine and Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA.
18: Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
19: Unit of Cancer Genetics, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, National Research Council, Sassari, Italy.
20: Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
21: Department of Medicine, Early Phase Clinical Trials Program, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, New York, NY, USA.
22: University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
23: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
24: Cell Processing Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
25: Departments of Medicine, Immunology and Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
26: Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University SOM, Baltimore, MD, USA.
27: Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milan, Italy.
28: Division of Translational Medicine, Sidra Medical and Research Center, Doha, Qatar.
29: Genomic Medicine and Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
30: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
31: Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, U1015 INSERM, Villejuif, France.
32: University Paris XI, Kremlin Bicêtre, France.
33: Robert W. Franz Cancer Research Center, Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Providence Cancer Center, Providence Portland Medical Center, Portland, OR, USA.
34: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
35: Cancer Diagnosis Program, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA. thurinm@mail.nih.gov.

Associated clinical trials:

Ipilimumab With or Without Talimogene Laherparepvec in Unresected Melanoma | NCT01740297

Study of Combined Ionizing Radiation and Ipilimumab in Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) | NCT02221739

Study of Neo-adjuvant Use of Vemurafenib Plus Cobimetinib for BRAF Mutant Melanoma With Palpable Lymph Node Metastases | NCT02036086

Efficacy and Safety of Talimogene Laherparepvec Neoadjuvant Treatment Plus Surgery Versus Surgery Alone for Melanoma | NCT02211131

Neoadjuvant Dabrafenib + Trametinib for AJCC Stage IIIB-C BRAF V600 Mutation Positive Melanoma | NCT01972347

Neoadjuvant Combination Therapy With Ipilimumab and HighDose IFN-α2b for Melanoma | NCT01608594

Neoadjuvant Vemurafenib + Cobimetinib in Melanoma: NEO-VC | NCT02303951

Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Dabrafenib and Trametinib Compared to Upfront Surgery in Patients With Clinical Stage III or Oligometastatic Stage IV Melanoma (Combi-Neo) | NCT02231775

Neoadjuvant Combination Biotherapy With Pembrolizumab and High Dose IFN-alfa2b | NCT02339324

Neoadjuvant Combination Biotherapy With Ipilimumab and Nivolumab or Nivolumab Alone | NCT02736123

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