PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY JOURNAL ›› 2019, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (2): 167-172.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2019.02.013

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Progress in chemotherapy for malignant melanoma

QIN Lanqun1, ZOU Zhengyun2   

  1. 1.The Comprehensive Cancer Center, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical College of Nanjing Medical School, Nanjing 210008, China;
    2.The Comprehensive Cancer Center, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School
  • Received:2018-10-11 Revised:2018-11-28 Online:2019-04-20 Published:2019-04-25

Abstract: Malignant melanoma(MM)is a very malignant solid tumor that is highly invasive and has a poor prognosis.Although the treatment of advanced melanoma has entered the era of targeting and immunotherapy,chemotherapy is still not to be abandoned.Chemotherapy for malignant melanoma has undergone a development process from single-drug chemotherapy,combination of two or three or even four drugs,and biochemotherapy.This article reviews the progress of chemotherapy for malignant melanoma,compares the main chemotherapy regimens,and looks forward into the future direction of chemotherapy.

Key words: Malignant melanoma, Chemotherapy, Biochemotherapy, Targeting therapy

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