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Systemic treatment of metastatic uveal melanoma: review of literature and future perspectives

Systemic treatment of metastatic uveal melanoma: review of literature and future perspectives

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Systemic treatment of metastatic uveal melanoma: review of literature and future perspectives

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Systemic treatment of metastatic uveal melanoma: review of literature and future perspectives

Publisher

United States: John Wiley & Sons, Inc

Journal title

Cancer medicine (Malden, MA), 2013-10, Vol.2 (5), p.674-686

Language

English

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United States: John Wiley & Sons, Inc

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Contents

Up to 50% of patients with uveal melanoma develop metastatic disease with poor prognosis. Regional, mainly liver‐directed, therapies may induce limited tumor responses but do not improve overall survival. Response rates of metastatic uveal melanoma (MUM) to systemic chemotherapy are poor. Insights into the molecular biology of MUM recently led to i...

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Systemic treatment of metastatic uveal melanoma: review of literature and future perspectives

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3892799

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3892799

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ISSN

2045-7634

E-ISSN

2045-7634

DOI

10.1002/cam4.133

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