The Past, Present and Future of Uveal Melanoma - 2019 CURE OM Symposium
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Eyes on a Cure: Patients & Caregiver Symposium
April 5-7, 2019
Uveal Melanoma: Past, Present and Future
Miguel A. Materin, M.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Director, Ophthalmic Oncology
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Ideaya Biosciences (Advisor/Consultant)
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Uveal Melanoma: C.O.M.S.
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Uveal Melanoma: C.O.M.S.
High diagnostic accuracy: medium and large size tumors
Medium size tumors: enucleation is not better than brachytherapy
Large size tumors: previous radiation has no benefit before enucleation
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• Workup and staging, tumor size, primary treatment
• Risk of distant metastases, systemic imaging based on risk
• Treatment of tumor recurrence/metastases
• Risk factors for development of uveal melanoma
• Clinical trials
• Others
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• Ophthalmology. 2012 Aug;119(8):1596-603. doi:
10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.02.017. Epub 2012 Apr 21.
Collaborative Ocular Oncology Group report number 1: prospective
validation of a multi-gene prognostic assay in uveal melanoma.
• Collaborative Ocular Oncology Group 2: In progress (enrolling
phase) 28 centers
Uveal Melanoma: MULTICENTER COLLABORATION
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• Most common primary intraocular malignancy
in adults (3%-5% of all melanomas)
• 5-7 new cases per million per year
• Median age at diagnosis: 55-60 years
• Caucasian
• Metastases to liver and lungs
Uveal Melanoma
• Incidence of noncutaneous melanomas in the U.S. 2005 American Cancer Society.
• Trends in incidence, survival, and management of uveal melanoma: a population-based study of 7,516 patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results
database (1973-2012). Clin Ophthalmol. 2016 Oct 25;10:2113-2119
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• Males
• Non-Hispanic whites
• Low incidence in Asians and African Americans
• In Europe incidence increases with latitude
o 2 per million (Spain and Italy)
o 8 per million (Denmark and Norway)
Uveal Melanoma: Epidemiology
Virgili G, Gatta G, Ciccolallo L, et al. Incidence of uveal melanoma in Europe. Ophthalmology. 2007;114(12):2309–2315
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• Light eyes
• Fair skin
• Ocular melanocytosis
• BAP1 mutations
• Role of sun exposure: controversial
• Welding?
Uveal Melanoma: Risk Factors
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• Posterior choroidal melanomas: might be associated with adenine-to-
cytosine mutations
• Ciliochoroidal melanomas: might be associated with adenine-to-thymine
mutations and light eye color
Uveal Melanoma: Risk Factors
de Lange MJ, Razzaq L, Versluis M, et al. Distribution of GNAQ and GNA11 mutation signatures in uveal melanoma points to a light dependent mutation mechanism.
PLoS One. 2015;10(9):e0138002.
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Uveal Melanoma
• Choroid: 85%-90%
• Ciliary Body: 5%-10%
• Iris: 3%-5%
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Uveal Melanoma
• Blurred vision
• Flashes/floaters
• No symptoms
• Pain
• Red eye
• Others
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#1. Cytogenetic analysis
#2. Cytology
#3. Cell line
Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy
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Metastasis
by
Category
% at 1 Yr % at 3 Yrs % at 5 Yrs
% at 10
Yrs
% at 15
Yrs
% at 20
Yrs
T1 1% 4% 8% 15% 20% 25%
T2 1% 7% 14% 25% 32% 40%
T3 3% 19% 31% 49% 60% 62%
T4 11% 32% 51% 63% 68% 68%
American Joint Cancer Committee, 7th Edition Classification in 7731
Patients Is Predictive of Melanoma Metastasis
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Choroidal Melanoma: Prognosis
Class 1B
SF3B1
6p+ 8q+
Class 1A
EIF1AX
6p+
Class 2
BAP1
M3 8q+
Higher risk
Intermediate risk
Lower risk
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• More than 80% of uveal melanomas carry somatic mutations in
either GNAQ or GNA11
• Mutation of either gene is necessary but not sufficient for
malignant transformation
• Downstream effectors of are potential targets
for therapy
Gαq and Gα11
The New England Journal of Medicine (Editorial) Dec. 2010
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Signaling Pathway in Uveal Melanoma
• Wild type for BRAF and NRAS
(cutaneous melanoma)
• Point mutation in G protein alpha
subunit
o GNAQ and GNA11 genes
Carvajal et al. Uveal melanoma: epidemiology, etiology,
and treatment of primary disease.
Clinical Ophthalmology 2017:11 279–289
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Immunotherapy
T-cell therapy
Proliferation
inhibitors
MEKi PI3Ki PKCi
Epigenetic
modulators
HDACi
DNMTi
EZH2i
Uveal Melanoma
Clin Cancer Res. 2016 Mar 1;
22(5): 1234–1242.
NIHMSID: NIHMS735478
PRAME as an independent
biomarker for metastasis in
uveal melanoma
Matthew G. Field,1 Christina L.
Decatur,1 Stefan Kurtenbach,1
Gülçin Gezgin,2 Pieter A. van der
Velden,2 Martine J. Jager,2 Kaleigh
N. Kozak,1 and J. William Harbour1
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• 20 year-old male
• Blurry vision OS
• OD: 20/20
• OS: 20/400
• MGGF ocular tumor with
liver metastases
Melan A (+)
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Choroidal Melanoma: Epitheliod Cell Type
Gene Expression Profile: Class 2
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Melanoma cell line: DNA sequencing
RPE
Melanoma
BAP 1
(+) Lung nodules
BAP 1
(+) Mother
MGGF died liver mets from
ocular tumor
Wild type: B-RAF
N-RAS
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11/15/2017
37 year-old female
20/40 OD
20/20 OS (wnl)
PGF: colon cancer
PGM: uterine cancer
MGF: lung cancer
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More info:
• On 11/15/2017 (day of presentation): 32 weeks pregnant
• Twins
• Scheduled C-section around Christmas (38 weeks)
• Patient is from Huntersville, NC
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Results:
• FNAB: abnormal pigmented spindle cells and epithelioid cells,
compatible with clinical impression of melanoma
• Pathology: uveal melanoma (choroid, CB and TM), mixed cell
type
• GEP: Class 2; PRAME +
• Had uneventful C-section as originally planned
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HUMAN INTEREST (PEOPLE.COM)
Mom of 4 Diagnosed with Rare Cancer Loses Eye
Weeks Before Giving Birth to Twins
North Carolina mother with rare eye cancer gives birth to
healthy twins (ABC7 NEWS)
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Case Report
• 2013, 53 year-old white male
• Asymptomatic
• VA: 20/25 OD; 20/20 OS
• Pigmented choroidal mass superior to optic
disc
• 6.5 x 6.5 x 3 mm
• (+) Sub-retinal fluid, (+) orange pigmentation
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Small Choroidal Melanoma in a patient with Oculo-Dermal Melanocytosis
- FNAB for GEP: Class 1A
- I 125 plaque
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Choroidal Melanoma #2: 10x10x3.5
• FNAB for GEP
• I 125 plaque (#2)
CLASS 2
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Choroidal Melanoma x 2
• #1: Class 1A, good prognosis (2013)
• #2: Class 2, poor prognosis (2017)
First tumor located superior to the optic nerve, before treatment (A) and after
treatment (B). Wide-view showing the first (treated) tumor superior to the optic
nerve (black arrow) and the second tumor along the distal inferotemporal arcade at
diagnosis (white arrow) (C). External photo demonstrating episcleral pigmentation
typical of ocular melanocytosis (D).
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• Enucleation
• Radiation
o Radioactive plaque
o Proton Beam
o Others
• Transpupillary Thermotherapy
• Tumor resection
Choroidal Melanoma: Treatment
Goals
1. Life
2. Eye
3. Vision
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Choroidal Melanoma Treatment: Enucleation
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Choroidal Melanoma: Radioactive Plaque
S L I D E 11
Eye Physics
Bebig
COMS
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Transpupillary Thermotherapy (TTT) as Primary Treatment
Choroidal Melanoma
Adjuvant Treatment to Brachytherapy
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Choroidal Melanoma: Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
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Choroidal Melanoma: Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
03/2018
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Choroidal Melanoma: Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
01/2019