In many cancers, early stage diagnosis and early treatment offers the best chance of a prolonged recurrence free- and overall survival. In stage III/IV resectable melanoma, an opportunity exists to improve outcomes with the addition of neoadjuvant and adjuvant systemic therapy as an adjunct to surgery. Neoadjuvant clinical trials for resectable but bulky stage III/IV melanoma allows for the efficient and rapid evaluation of drug activity in humans utilising multiple clinical endpoints of metabolic, radiological and pathological response; relapse-free survival; overall survival.
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Pathological response rate
Timeframe: From baseline to 6 weeks planned resected tumour site(s) at week 6 surgery
The anti-tumoural immune response
Timeframe: Baseline, week 1 week 6