Sequential biochemotherapy versus chemotherapy for metastatic melanoma: results from a phase III randomized trial.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on April 15, 2002

Authors

Omar Eton1, Sewa S Legha, Agop Y Bedikian, J Jack Lee, Antonio C Buzaid, Cynthia Hodges, Sigrid E Ring, Nicholas E Papadopoulos, Carl Plager, Mary Jo East, Feng Zhan, Robert S Benjamin

Author Affiliations

1: Department Melanoma/Sarcoma, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. oeton@mdanderson.org

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