Despite dramatic progress over the past decade, only around 50% of patients with advanced-stage melanoma derive durable benefit from immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and/or BRAF and MEK (BRAF/MEK) inhibitors. Over the past few years, adoptive cell therapy with tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) has demonstrated encouraging efficacy including in patients with disease progression on ICIs or BRAF/MEK inhibitors. In this Review, the authors summarize the role of TIL therapies in the management of these patients and describe future research strategies that might improve safety or efficacy.
- Sebastian Klobuch
- Tom T. P. Seijkens
- John B. A. G. Haanen