Frontiers in Oncology (Apr 2024)

Case report: Immunotherapy inducing unexpected overall survival in choroidal melanoma: about a case

  • Youssef Elhaitmy,
  • Youssef Elhaitmy,
  • Soukaina El Anssari,
  • Soukaina El Anssari,
  • Pierre Fournel,
  • Nawfel Mellas,
  • Wafa Bouleftour,
  • Michele Lamuraglia,
  • Michele Lamuraglia,
  • Michele Lamuraglia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2024.1319792
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14

Abstract

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Choroidal melanoma (CM) is the most common malignant ocular tumor in adults. The current treatment of metastatic CM is limited by the intrinsic resistance of CM to conventional systemic therapies. Immunotherapy alone or in association with cytotoxic treatment became a realist option treatment. Advancements in molecular biology have resulted in the identification of a number of promising prognostic and therapeutic targets. Herein, we report a rare case of 36-year-old patient with metastatic CM who presented a good long response to treatment with double immunotherapy reaching 3 years of overall survival, which has never been described in the literature.

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