Chemotherapy compared with biochemotherapy for the treatment of metastatic melanoma: a meta-analysis of 18 trials involving 2,621 patients.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on December 01, 2007

Authors

Natalie J Ives1, Rebecca L Stowe, Paul Lorigan, Keith Wheatley

Author Affiliations

1: Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, Division of Medical Sciences, Robert Aitken Institute, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. n.j.ives@bham.ac.uk

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