An open-label, two-arm, phase I trial of recombinant human interleukin-21 in patients with metastatic melanoma.

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Published in Clin Cancer Res on June 15, 2007

Authors

Ian D Davis1, Birte K Skrumsager, Jonathan Cebon, Theo Nicholaou, John W Barlow, Niels Peter Hundahl Moller, Kresten Skak, Dorthe Lundsgaard, Klaus Stensgaard Frederiksen, Peter Thygesen, Grant A McArthur

Author Affiliations

1: Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Ian.Davis@ludwig.edu.au

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