A proof-of-concept, single-arm, phase II clinical trial, led by investigators from the Mass General Cancer Center, reported a long-lasting response among patients who responded to the combined treatment and reveals how a targeted therapy may cooperate with an immunotherapy for better results.
Research from the University of Pittsburgh explains why metastatic uveal melanoma is resistant to conventional immunotherapies and how adoptive therapy, which involves growing a patient’s T cells outside the body before reinfusing them, can successfully treat this rare and aggressive cancer.
