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Update on the targeted therapy of melanoma.
Current treatment options in oncology - 1 Jun 2013
Johnson Douglas B, Sosman Jeffrey A
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Melanoma is the most aggressive of the cutaneous malignancies, causing more than 9,000 deaths in the past year in the United States. Historically, systemic therapies have been largely ineffective, because melanoma is usually resistant to cytotoxic chemotherapy. However, during the past few years, several targeted therapies have proved effective in this challenging disease. These recent advances have been...
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