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Promising New Agents and Treatment Failures in Melanoma
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Title Promising New Agents and Treatment Failures in Melanoma
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/576332?src=rss
Description A review of new melanoma research presented at the ASCO meeting highlighted positive findings with axitinib, OncoVEX, and ipilimumab, but also highlighted the failure of tremelimumab and vaccination with ganglioside GM2-KLH21. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Dermatology
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Date Jun 20, 2008
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