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- Title
Medical Options for the Adjuvant Treatment and Management of Pediatric Melanoma.
- Authors
Raef, Haya S.; Friedmann, Alison M.; Hawryluk, Elena B.
- Abstract
Although melanoma is a rare diagnosis in the pediatric population, advances in the management of adults with melanoma offer the prospect of promising therapeutic options for children. At this time, medical management is not considered curative but may reduce the risk of recurrence or prolong survival. Surgical management remains the mainstay of treatment. Medical therapy of pediatric melanoma is not thought to have a role for in situ, early-stage, or localized disease, but adjuvant therapy may have a role in improving the prognosis of patients with positive sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), spread beyond the regional lymph node basin, metastatic disease, or recurrent disease. Medical treatment options include immunotherapies, particularly checkpoint inhibitors, and targeted therapies, which have provided improved toxicity profiles compared with traditional chemotherapy regimens in the setting of advanced disease. There is a growing body of pediatric-specific data relevant to the use of adjuvant therapies for advanced melanoma in children.
- Subjects
MELANOMA; NEUROENDOCRINE tumors; IPILIMUMAB; MEDICAL care; BRAF genes
- Publication
Pediatric Drugs, 2019, Vol 21, Issue 2, p71
- ISSN
1174-5878
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s40272-019-00326-w