melanoma updates

1. Digitaldermoscopytechnologyinpreciseearly
melanomadetection-prognosisandnew
treatmentoptions
Jemnoschi-Hreniuc Irina-Mihaela,
Garlescu Nona,
Moraru Dan-Cristian,
Moraru Marius-Constantin,
Statescu Gabriel,
Luca Cristina,
Tecuceanu Angela,
Tamas Camelia
University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Grigore T. Popa”, Iasi

2. Sun
exposure
Genetic
factors
Environment
components
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Definition
A form of cancer that begins in melanocytes
(cells that make the pigment melanin). It
may begin in a mole (skin melanoma), but
can also begin in other pigmented tissues,
such as in the eye or in the intestines.
What is melanoma

3. Treatment options
Targeted Therapy Drugs
Surgery Immunotherapy
Chemotherapy
Radiation Therapy

4. New drugs
Early and defined
surgery
Highter doses
The reality of affecting the
whole body
Vectors using
nanotechnology to target
the cell
A combination of all the above
New perspectives for the treatment of
melanoma skin cancer

5. Ouzo effect, and then
anti-cancer drug DOX
What to watch

6. Why nanotechnology
Approximately 70% of patients with cutaneous melanoma have gene mutations in the key signaling pathways (Flaherty,
2012). Targeted therapy, a crucial systemic treatment, is a novel method through using small molecule inhibitors or
antibodies to affect oncogenic sites. In melanoma, these small molecule inhibitors primarily include BRAF inhibitors,
MEK inhibitors, CKIT inhibitors, vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors, P13K-AKT-mTOR pathway inhibitors,
cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, and receptor ErbB4 inhibitors (Domingues et al., 2018). Approximately 50% of
metastatic melanoma lesions have mutations in the serine-threonine kinase BRAF, mostly that of valine to glutamine
in codon 600 (Davies et al., 2002). At present, the high and rapid response rates as well as good safety profile of BRAF-
targeted agents offer an unprecedented opportunity for a neoadjuvant approach in melanoma treatment.
Siu et al. (2014) designed non-covalently functionalized nanotubes as a delivery vector for small interfering RNA
(siRNA) targeting BRAF gene silencing. The uptake of BRAF siRNA in melanoma tissue has been observed, resulting in
regressing the tumor growth in mouse melanoma models. Similarly, Tran et al. (2008) used a unique nano-liposomal
ultrasound to deliver siRNA specifically targeting V600EB-Raf and Akt3 into cutaneous melanoma, suppressing the
tumor development and preventing the metastasis.

7. Nanomedicine with multifunctional design greatly increases the
sensitivity of cancerous cells to drugs, reactive oxygen species (ROS),
X-ray radiation, and heat, thus improving the therapeutic effects of
several treatments in a synergistic manner.

8. Synergistic
Radio/Photothermal/Photodyna
mic-Therapy
Synergistic
Sono/Chemo/Photothermal-
Therapy
Synergistic
Chemo/Immuno/Photothermal-
Therapy
Synergistic
Immuno/Photodynamic-
Therapy

9. Melanoma is the most serious form of
skin cancer causing most of the skin
cancer-related deaths.
The incidence of melanoma has risen so
dramatically over past few years that no
other solid or blood malignancy comes
close to it in terms of increased
incidence.
The main issue is low treatment
response in conventional therapies.
The aim is a low total body impact with
high melanoma cells targeted treatment.
Background and Aim

10. 32 patients in 2 years (18 male and 14 female),
age 24-63,
multiple nevi all over the body,
new dermatoscopy scanning for the bigger ones,
history of sun exposure, dust and toxic agents,
2019-2021
Material and methods

11. Key words
melanoma, treatment, options, chemotherapy, perspectives

12. Our patients came for a routine check of some naevi and found
out that some of them are atipital.
The certain diagnosis was taken after large excision according
with Breslow scale and then anatomopathology.
All 32 patients had a great postop evolution, benefit from
oncology check and
-13 had chemotherapy,
-12 had immunotherapy and
-7 had both chemotherapy and radiotherapy in short sessions.
Materials and methods:

13. 13 had chemotherapy
7 had chemotherapy and radiotherapy
11 among them had gene mutations and they were good candidates for new nano-drugs
They entered in an oncologic drug trial and after 2 years follow up their
12 had only immunotherapy
Oncology follow up

14. 80% overall improovement
0% side effects
10% variety of mutations
and lack of response
Results:
DDFU has proven to be effective and:
-new cases discovered early
-new treatment options
-longer life expectancy
-better treatment compliance
-less side effects

15. Conclusion
Long-term follow-up is required in these high-risk populations to allow the detection of
slow-growing melanomas.
Telemedicine already is, and will be, an important link between clinicians and experts.
Finally, although the benefits of dermoscopy in the early diagnosis of melanoma have
been confirmed in many studies, the public health impact of dermoscopy requires further
study and more education in mases, because early diagnosis and treatmeant save lives.

16. After conclusion
Early diagnosis with DDFU is suitable for nanotechnology
In addition to all these therapeutic advantages, nanoparticles also present some drawbacks, such as the
agnostic cytotoxicity and biocompatibility.
Additionally, the safety and long-term effects of nanoparticles in melanoma therapy are unknown. For example,
the aggregation of large nanoparticles in the endoplasmic reticulum, inducing autoimmunity.
Thus, different nanoparticles exhibit distinct collateral effects, and if without a proper engineering or
functionalization, they could prove fatal (Jabir et al., 2012).
Most importantly, future direction to melanoma theranostic will first rely on NIR imaging-guided detection
and excision with clear tumor margins at three-dimensional angles.
The second step will apply synergistic combination therapy based on an efficient nanomedicine strategy.
To achieve this two-step theranostic, nanoparticles combined with both targeting imaging and multimodal
therapy ability are highly needed in both lab-scale small animal models and clinical settings.
In addition, the current instruments for NIR fluorophore detection mainly focus on the NIR-I window, and it
is important to further move the NIR imaging-guided surgery to the NIR-II window with much improved
imaging contrast and penetration depth (Ding et al., 2019; Zhang et al., 2019; Li et al., 2020; Wang et al.,
2020; Xu et al., 2020).

17. THANK YOU
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Protect from the sun
Inspect your body
Do not neglect regular visits to specialist