Monday 1 October 2012

For Melanoma Drug Combinations Effective: Study

At the ESMO 2012 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology in Vienna, promising new data on drug combinations to treat metastatic melanoma was presented. The phase I and II trials focus on combining drugs to slow the development of resistance to drugs that inhibit BRAF, a gene that is mutated in about half of melanomas. Earlier trials with drugs that target BRAF generated excitement for their ability to quickly shrink melanoma tumors in suitable patients. ...

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