| Presentation type | E-poster |
| Title | Treatment of Metastatic Uveal Melanoma |
| Purpose | Description of the various treatments and follow-up of metastatic uveal melanoma patients. Assesment whether the introduction of immune checkpoint inhibitors improved survival. |
| Methods | retrospective single-center study. |
| Results | 121 metastatic uveal melanoma patients were registered. No significant improvement of the survival could be established after the introduction of immune checkpoint inhibitors. Only liver-directed and local oligometastatic approaches were associated with a lower chance of mortality when compared tot immune checkpoint inhibitors (p=0.0025). |
| Conclusion | Although we documented responses tot immune checkpoint inhibitors, our analyses do not demonstrate an overall survival improvement of checkpoint inhibitors over alternative treatment strategies. However, local treatment options, whether liver-directed or for oligometastatic disease, may be beneficial and should be considerd. |
| Conflict of interest | No |
| Last name | MISSOTTEN |
| Initials | G |
| Department | Jessa Oogkliniek Hasselt and University Hospitals Leuven |
| City | Hasselt/Leuven |
| Last name | Vanaken |
| Initials | L |
| Department | Department of Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven |
| City | Leuven |
| Last name | Van Ginderdeuren |
| Initials | R |
| Department | Department of ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leuven |
| City | Leuven |
| Last name | Thal |
| Initials | D |
| Department | Department of Pathology, University Hospitals Leuven |
| City | Leuven |
| Last name | Bechter |
| Initials | O |
| Department | Department of Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven |
| City | Leuven |
| Last name | Clement |
| Initials | P |
| Department | Department of Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven |
| City | Leuven |