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Biomarker could improve prediction of response to immunotherapy in black skin cancer - EurekAlert
<p><strong>If black skin cancer (melanoma) spreads, there are various therapies that can be used. However, there is still insufficient research into who responds to which therapy and whether resistance may develop over time. In a new study, Dr Simon Fietz, assistant physician at the Clinic for Dermatooncology & Phlebology at the Centre for Skin Diseases at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and PD Dr Dimo Dietrich, scientist at the Clinic and Polyclinic for Otorhinolaryngology at the UKB, have discovered that a specific liquid biopsy biomarker harbors the potential to identify the effectiveness of a treatment at an early stage. This could enable a more individualized treatment for patients with melanoma. The results have now been published in the well-established journal ‘Clinical Chemistry’.</strong></p>
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