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Ipilimumab and nivolumab achieves long-term survival in advanced melanoma

2014 ASCO Annual Meeting

30 May - 3 Jun 2014

Published: 2 Jun 2014

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Prof Mario Sznol - Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, USA

At a press conference at ASCO 2014, Prof Sznol talks about the results from an expanded phase I study which show that concurrent treatment with immunotherapy drugs ipilimumab and nivolumab produces an unprecedented median survival of roughly three and a half years (40 months) for patients with advanced melanoma.

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