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Phase III study finds initial nivolumab-based treatment halts melanoma progression

2015 ASCO Annual Meeting

29 May - 2 Jun 2015

Published: 31 May 2015

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Dr Jedd Wolchok - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

Dr Wolchok presents, at a press conference at ASCO 2015, findings from a randomised phase III trial indicate that initial therapy with nivolumab alone or in combination with ipilimumab is significantly more effective than ipilimumab alone.

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