BRAF/MEK inhibition, oncogenic driver and tyrosine kinase inhibition, inhibition of angiogenesis, epigenetic modulation, and immunomodulation represent only a portion of the possible SM/ICI combinations being evaluated in cancer treatment, yet illustrate the mechanistic rationale for novel drug combinations utilized to combat metastatic melanoma (Figure 2). This evidence concerns the gene MAP2K7 and metastatic melanoma.