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. 2019 Oct 13;9(10):1455. doi: 10.3390/nano9101455

Table 1.

Current systemic therapies available for melanoma.

Chemotherapy Targeted Therapy Immunotherapy Combinational
Dacarbazine
Temozolamide
Carboplatin/cisplatin
Vincristine/vinblastine
Carmustine/fotemustine
BRAF inhibitors
(Vemurafenib)
(Dabrafenib)
(Encorafenib)
MEK inhibitors
(Trametinib)
(Cobimetinib)
(Binimetinib)
CTLA-4 mAb
(Ipilimumab)
PD-1 mAb
(Nivolumab)
(Pembrolizumab)
Recombinant IFNα2b
Recombinant IL-2
T-VEC
Dabrafenib + trametinib
Vemurafenib + cobimetinib
Encorafenib + binimetinib
Nivolumab + ipilimumab

mAb: monoclonal antibody; CTLA-4: T-lymphocyte-associated protein-4; PD-1: programmed cell death protein-1; IFN-α: interferon alpha; IL-2: interleukin-2; T-VEC: Talimogene laherparepvec; BRAF: serine/threonine protein kinase B-raf; MEK: mitogen activated protein kinase.