Future perspectives in melanoma research: Meeting report from the "Melanoma Bridge": Napoli, December 3rd-6th 2014

Journal of Translational Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ascierto, Paolo A ^a   Atkins, Michael ^b   Bifulco, Carlo ^c   Botti, Gerardo ^a   Cochran, Alistair ^d   Davies, Michael ^e   Demaria, Sandra ^f   Dummer, Reinhard ^g   Ferrone, Soldano ^h   Formenti, Silvia ^f   Gajewski, Thomas F ⁱ   Garbe, Claus ^j   Khleif, Samir ^k   Kiessling, Rolf ^l   Lo, Roger ^d   Lorigan, Paul ^m   Arthur, Grant Mc ⁿ   Masucci, Giuseppe ^o   Melero, Ignacio ^p   Mihm, Martin ^q   Palmieri, Giuseppe ^r   Parmiani, Giorgio ^s   Puzanov, Igor ^t   Romero, Pedro ^u   Schilling, Bastian ^v,ae   Seliger, Barbara ^w   Stroncek, David ^x   Taube, Janis ^y   Tomei, Sara ^z   Zarour, Hassane M ^aa   Testori, Alessandro ^ab   Wang, Ena ^z   Galon, Jérôme ^ac   Ciliberto, Gennaro ^a   Mozzillo, Nicola ^a   Marincola, Francesco M ^z   Thurin, Magdalena ^ad   more..

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EARLE A CHILES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^k MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^l KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^m CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^o KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^p UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^q HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^r CNR   (Italy)

^s Oncology Division Medical Affairs   (Italy)

^t VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^v UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^w MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^x NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^y JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^z SIDRA MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Qatar)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ab EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^ac UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^ad NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^ae GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; BINIMETINIB; CANCER VACCINE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 6; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4 ANTIBODY; INITIATION FACTOR 2ALPHA; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NIVOLUMAB; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 1; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VEMURAFENIB; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GLYCOLYSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IONIZING RADIATION; MELANOMA; METASTATIC MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; ITALY; PATHOLOGY;

BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; ITALY; MELANOMA; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84948948183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12967-015-0736-1     Document Type: Article

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