Results from a randomized phase III study comparing combined treatment with histamine dihydrochloride plus interleukin-2 versus interleukin-2 alone in patients with metastatic melanoma.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on January 01, 2002

Authors

Sanjiv S Agarwala1, John Glaspy, Steven J O'Day, Malcolm Mitchell, John Gutheil, Eric Whitman, Rene Gonzalez, Evan Hersh, Lynn Feun, Robert Belt, Frank Meyskens, Kristoffer Hellstrand, Diana Wood, John M Kirkwood, Kurt R Gehlsen, Peter Naredi

Author Affiliations

1: Melanoma Center, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2582, USA. agarwalass@msx.upmc.edu

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