Neoadjuvant systemic therapy in melanoma: recommendations of the International Neoadjuvant Melanoma Consortium

RN Amaria, AM Menzies, EM Burton… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Advances in the treatment of metastatic melanoma have improved responses and survival.
However, many patients continue to experience resistance or toxicity to treatment, …

Combined targeted therapy and immunotherapy in melanoma: a review of the impact on the tumor microenvironment and outcomes of early clinical trials

MS Pelster, RN Amaria - Therapeutic advances in medical …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The development of BRAF and MEK inhibitors (BRAFis and MEKis) and immune checkpoint
inhibitors have changed the management of advanced stage melanoma and improved the …

[HTML][HTML] Granulomatous/sarcoid-like lesions associated with checkpoint inhibitors: a marker of therapy response in a subset of melanoma patients

…, BA Chasen, JA Wargo, VG Prieto, RN Amaria… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2018 - Springer
Background Immune checkpoint therapy has dramatically changed the landscape of cancer
therapy, providing an efficacious and durable therapeutic option for patients with advanced-…

Dietary fiber and probiotics influence the gut microbiome and melanoma immunotherapy response

…, S Duncan, J Toker, JC Malke, IC Glitza, RN Amaria… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Gut bacteria modulate the response to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) treatment in cancer,
but the effect of diet and supplements on this interaction is not well studied. We assessed …

B cells and tertiary lymphoid structures promote immunotherapy response

…, G Han, V Gopalakrishnan, Y Xi, H Zhao, RN Amaria… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
and other cancers the potential for long-term survival, and we are beginning to gain
insight into the mechanisms of therapeutic responses as well as biomarkers of response and

Gut microbiota signatures are associated with toxicity to combined CTLA-4 and PD-1 blockade

…, HA Tawbi, J McQuade, P Hwu, WJ Hwu, RN Amaria… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Treatment with combined immune checkpoint blockade (CICB) targeting CTLA-4 and
PD-1 is associated with clinical benefit across tumor types, but also a high rate of immune-…

Integrated molecular analysis of tumor biopsies on sequential CTLA-4 and PD-1 blockade reveals markers of response and resistance

…, SP Patel, SE Woodman, RN Amaria… - Science translational …, 2017 - science.org
Immune checkpoint blockade produces clinical benefit in many patients. However, better
biomarkers of response are still needed, and mechanisms of resistance remain incompletely …

Analysis of immune signatures in longitudinal tumor samples yields insight into biomarkers of response and mechanisms of resistance to immune checkpoint blockade

…, SE Woodman, LM Vence, II Wistuba, RN Amaria… - Cancer discovery, 2016 - AACR
Immune checkpoint blockade represents a major breakthrough in cancer therapy; however,
responses are not universal. Genomic and immune features in pretreatment tumor biopsies …

Neoadjuvant immune checkpoint blockade in high-risk resectable melanoma

RN Amaria, SM Reddy, HA Tawbi, MA Davies… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
Preclinical studies suggest that treatment with neoadjuvant immune checkpoint blockade is
associated with enhanced survival and antigen-specific T cell responses compared with …

[HTML][HTML] Neoadjuvant relatlimab and nivolumab in resectable melanoma

RN Amaria, M Postow, EM Burton, MT Tetzlaff, MI Ross… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Relatlimab and nivolumab combination immunotherapy improves progression-free survival
over nivolumab monotherapy in patients with unresectable advanced melanoma 1 . We …