Characterization of the Microenvironment in Positive and Negative Sentinel Lymph Nodes from Melanoma Patients
Melanomas are aggressive skin tumors characterized by high metastatic potential. Our previous results indicate that Natural Killer (NK) cells may control growth of melanoma. The main defect of blood NK cells was a decreased expression of activating NCR1/NKp46 receptor and a positive correlation of NKp46 expression with disease outcome in stage IV melanoma patients was found. In addition, in stage III melanoma patients, we identified a new subset of mature NK cells in macro-metastatic Lymph nodes (LN). In the present studies, we evaluated the numbers of NK cells infiltrating primary cutaneous melanoma and analyzed immune cell subsets in a series of sentinel lymph nodes (SLN). First, we show …
Cémiplimab et carcinomes épidermoïdes cutanés localement évolués ou métastatiques : premières données de vie réelle
Introduction Dans l’essai de phase 2 evaluant le cemiplimab (CEM) chez des patients (pts) ayant un carcinome epidermoide cutane (CEC) localement evolue ou metastatique, le taux de meilleure reponse (TMR) etait de 47 % et la survie globale (SG) a un an de 81 %. Une autorisation temporaire d’utilisation (ATU) nominative a permis a ces pts d’acceder au CEM hors protocole. Notre objectif etait d’analyser les donnees d’efficacite et de tolerance de cette ATU. Materiel et methodes Les 58 centres ayant inclus des pts entre le 08/18 et le 10/19 dans cette etude retrospective ont ete sollicites pour completer une fiche standardisee par pt. L’objectif principal etait le TMR, les objectifs secondaires…
A SUMOylation-defective MITF germline mutation predisposes to melanoma and renal carcinoma
International audience; So far, no common environmental and/or phenotypic factor has been associated with melanoma and renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The known risk factors for melanoma include sun exposure, pigmentation and nevus phenotypes; risk factors associated with RCC include smoking, obesity and hypertension. A recent study of coexisting melanoma and RCC in the same patients supports a genetic predisposition underlying the association between these two cancers. The microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) has been proposed to act as a melanoma oncogene; it also stimulates the transcription of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF1A), the pathway of which is targeted by kidney canc…