作者: Nabanita Mukherjee , Josianna V. Schwan , Mayumi Fujita , David A. Norris , Yiqun G. Shellman
DOI: 10.1038/JID.2015.145
关键词: Treatment regimen 、 Cancer stem cell 、 Oncology 、 Bcl-2 family 、 Internal medicine 、 Tumor heterogeneity 、 Melanoma 、 Immunology 、 Survival analysis 、 Cancer 、 Tumor initiating cell 、 Medicine
摘要: For the first time new treatments in melanoma have produced significant responses advanced diseases, but 30–90% of patients do not respond or eventually relapse after initial response to current treatments. The resistance these melanomas is likely due tumor heterogeneity, which may be explained by models such as stochastic, hierarchical, and phenotype-switching models. This review will discuss recent advancements targeting BCL-2 family members for cancer treatments, how this approach can applied an alternative option combat melanoma, overcome treatment regimens.