Update on the Use and Treatment of Targeted Molecular Inhibitors for Locally Advanced and Metastatic Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers.
Dermatol Surg 2016;
42 Suppl 1:S49-56. [PMID:
26730974 DOI:
10.1097/dss.0000000000000573]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Targeting specific molecular pathway inhibitors has provided a successful approach to the management of selected patients with advanced non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). Clinical trials and case studies have provided a rationale for their use in clinical settings.
OBJECTIVE
To review the current approaches to the use of targeted molecular inhibitors for locally advanced and metastatic squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans.
METHODS
Literature review of the current use of molecular inhibitors in the treatment of NMSCs, including case studies, reports, and clinical trials.
CONCLUSION
The development of molecular pathway inhibitors for the treatment of advanced and metastatic NMSC has increased survival rates and improved clinical outcomes in selected patients with advanced disease.
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