Updates on the Systemic Treatment of Advanced Non-melanoma Skin Cancer
Non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs), which represent a diverse group of cutaneous malignancies, are the most common forms of human neoplasia. The incidence of these diseases is increasing due to a number of factors, including that of increasing human lifespans. The majority of NMSCs are basal cell car...
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| author | Keiji Tanese Yoshio Nakamura Ikuko Hirai Takeru Funakoshi |
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| description | Non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs), which represent a diverse group of cutaneous malignancies, are the most common forms of human neoplasia. The incidence of these diseases is increasing due to a number of factors, including that of increasing human lifespans. The majority of NMSCs are basal cell carcinomas (BCC) and cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (cSCC), with the remainder being various rare skin cancers, including extramammary Paget's disease (EMPD), Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), and several skin adnexal carcinomas. Of these, MCC usually shows aggressive behavior with a high mortality rate. On the other hand, BCC, cSCC, EMPD, and skin adnexal tumors usually show an indolent clinical course and metastasize only rarely. Nevertheless, the metastatic forms of these tumors commonly lead to poor patient outcome. A definitive management strategy for the treatment of advanced NMSC has not been established, mainly due to their rarity and lack of reliable information based on well-controlled randomized trials. Chemotherapeutic regimens for treatment of these diseases have been mainly based on the observations of isolated, small case series or clinical trials with a limited numbers of patients. However, accumulating evidence regarding their pathobiological backgrounds as well as recent advances in molecular biotechnology have facilitated the development of novel drugs for treatment of these diseases. Over the past decade, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved several molecular targeting therapies, including Hedgehog inhibitors for BCC, monoclonal antibodies targeting anti-programmed death ligand-1 and anti- programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) for MCC, and anti-PD-1 for cSCC. Here, we review their clinical utility and discuss updated systemic treatment strategies for advanced NMSC. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dde9a581f8414f4e80030d7643683fb12022-12-21T18:45:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Medicine2296-858X2019-07-01610.3389/fmed.2019.00160477532Updates on the Systemic Treatment of Advanced Non-melanoma Skin CancerKeiji TaneseYoshio NakamuraIkuko HiraiTakeru FunakoshiNon-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs), which represent a diverse group of cutaneous malignancies, are the most common forms of human neoplasia. The incidence of these diseases is increasing due to a number of factors, including that of increasing human lifespans. The majority of NMSCs are basal cell carcinomas (BCC) and cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (cSCC), with the remainder being various rare skin cancers, including extramammary Paget's disease (EMPD), Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), and several skin adnexal carcinomas. Of these, MCC usually shows aggressive behavior with a high mortality rate. On the other hand, BCC, cSCC, EMPD, and skin adnexal tumors usually show an indolent clinical course and metastasize only rarely. Nevertheless, the metastatic forms of these tumors commonly lead to poor patient outcome. A definitive management strategy for the treatment of advanced NMSC has not been established, mainly due to their rarity and lack of reliable information based on well-controlled randomized trials. Chemotherapeutic regimens for treatment of these diseases have been mainly based on the observations of isolated, small case series or clinical trials with a limited numbers of patients. However, accumulating evidence regarding their pathobiological backgrounds as well as recent advances in molecular biotechnology have facilitated the development of novel drugs for treatment of these diseases. Over the past decade, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved several molecular targeting therapies, including Hedgehog inhibitors for BCC, monoclonal antibodies targeting anti-programmed death ligand-1 and anti- programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) for MCC, and anti-PD-1 for cSCC. Here, we review their clinical utility and discuss updated systemic treatment strategies for advanced NMSC.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2019.00160/fullsquamous cell carcinomabasal cell carcinomaextramammary Paget's diseasemerkel cell carcinomaadnexal carcinoma |
| spellingShingle | Keiji Tanese Yoshio Nakamura Ikuko Hirai Takeru Funakoshi Updates on the Systemic Treatment of Advanced Non-melanoma Skin Cancer Frontiers in Medicine squamous cell carcinoma basal cell carcinoma extramammary Paget's disease merkel cell carcinoma adnexal carcinoma |
| title | Updates on the Systemic Treatment of Advanced Non-melanoma Skin Cancer |
| title_full | Updates on the Systemic Treatment of Advanced Non-melanoma Skin Cancer |
| title_fullStr | Updates on the Systemic Treatment of Advanced Non-melanoma Skin Cancer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Updates on the Systemic Treatment of Advanced Non-melanoma Skin Cancer |
| title_short | Updates on the Systemic Treatment of Advanced Non-melanoma Skin Cancer |
| title_sort | updates on the systemic treatment of advanced non melanoma skin cancer |
| topic | squamous cell carcinoma basal cell carcinoma extramammary Paget's disease merkel cell carcinoma adnexal carcinoma |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2019.00160/full |
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