Archive for February 18th, 2010

18 Feb

European Cancer Conference and American College of Gastroenterology: Melanoma

When early reports of increased mortality rates caused the premature discontinuation of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer trial (EORTC 18961) of a post-surgical vaccine for patients with node-negative malignant melanoma, it cast a pall over the vaccine horizon, noted Dr. Eggermont. At a Pfizer-sponsored satellite symposium on cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) [...]

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