title: Checkpoint inhibitors in treatment of metastatic mucosal melanoma.
abstract: Mucosal melanoma (MM) is rare and of extremely poor prognosis. Although significant progress has been made in developing new therapies for patients with metastatic melanoma arising from the cutaneous, knowledge about the effects of treatments for patients with MM is limited. In this review we aim to summarize and evaluate related trials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Renal Cancer and Melanoma, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research, Ministry of Education, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lian
authors.affiliation: Department of Renal Cancer and Melanoma, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research, Ministry of Education, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China. guoj307@126.com.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guo
keywords: Anti-programmed cell death 1; checkpoint; immunotherapy; ipilimumab; mucosal melanoma (MM)