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Melanomas; Trials show immune drugs effective in advanced melanomas

Melanomas; Trials show immune drugs effective in advanced melanomas

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_wirefeeds_1687148562

Melanomas; Trials show immune drugs effective in advanced melanomas

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Melanomas; Trials show immune drugs effective in advanced melanomas

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Atlanta: NewsRx

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Biotech Week, 2015, p.1636

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English

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Atlanta: NewsRx

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In the phase III trial CheckMate 067, the combination of nivolumab with ipilimumab shows, "better efficacy but more toxicity," [Rene Gonzalez] says, suggesting that the combination might be most appropriate for patients whose melanomas do not over-express the protein PDL1, which can be targeted by other drugs. "Maybe PDL1-negative patients will ben...

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Melanomas; Trials show immune drugs effective in advanced melanomas

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TN_cdi_proquest_wirefeeds_1687148562

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_wirefeeds_1687148562

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1535-2757

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1537-1395

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