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Melanoma / Checkpoint Inhibitors: Research Leaders and Landscape

The most active researchers, institutions, and subtopics in Melanoma / Checkpoint Inhibitors, from recent PubMed records. Public authorship only, every figure verifiable by PMID.

Analyzed 600 recent PubMed papers (2021-2026) matching "melanoma immune checkpoint inhibitor". Source: NLM PubMed. Generated July 2026.

Top research leaders (by recent publication volume)

#ResearcherAffiliationPapers
1Schadendorf DirkUniversity Hospital Essen9
2Lorigan PaulThe Christie NHS Foundation Trust7
3Gebhardt ChristofferUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf7
4Helgadottir HildurKarolinska Institutet7
5Robert CarolineGustave Roussy6
6Meier FriedegundTechnische Universität Dresden6
7Boutros AndreaUniversity of Genoa5
8Zimmer LisaUniversity Hospital Essen5
9Livingstone ElisabethUniversity Hospital Essen5
10Gogas HelenLaikon General Hospital5
11Dummer ReinhardUniversity Hospital Zurich5
12Lee RebeccaThe Christie NHS Foundation Trust4
13Davar DiwakarUniversity of Pittsburgh4
14Birbrair AlexanderUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison4
15Karapetyan LilitH. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute4
16Kött JulianUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf4
17Geidel GlennUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf4
18Ny LarsUniversity of Gothenburg4

Ranked by recent publication volume; names not yet disambiguated and not citation-weighted. The full brief adds ORCID disambiguation, citation weighting, and clinical-trial investigator data.

Leading institutions

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (19), The University of Sydney (16), University of California (11), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (9), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (8), Karolinska Institutet (8), Mayo Clinic (7), H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute (7), Netherlands Cancer Institute (7), University Hospital Zurich (7)

Active subtopics

Melanoma (228), Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (214), Immunotherapy (111), Skin Neoplasms (103), Neoplasms (69), Retrospective Studies (60), Tumor Microenvironment (58)

Top journals

Frontiers in immunology (28), Journal for immunotherapy of cancer (27), Cancers (21), Frontiers in oncology (14), Melanoma research (12), Cureus (12)

Representative recent papers

Safety and efficacy of fecal microbiota transplantation in solid cancers resistant to immune checkpoint inhibitors: results of the (2026) · PMID 42476727

Neoadjuvant Immune Therapy in Patients With Melanoma: Response and Toxicity in a Non-Clinical Trial Setting. (2026) · PMID 42473289

Overall survival according to timing of immune checkpoint inhibitors administration in patients with advanced cancer: results from (2026) · PMID 42471484

Durable stable disease and immune activation in metastatic uveal melanoma treated with tebentafusp: case report. (2026) · PMID 42465753

PSGL-1 blockade delays relapse to BRAF/MEK inhibition in cutaneous melanoma. (2026) · PMID 42465267

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