Randomized phase III study of 1 month versus 1 year of adjuvant high-dose interferon alfa-2b in patients with resected high-risk melanoma.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on January 12, 2009

Authors

Dimitrios Pectasides1, Urania Dafni, Dimitrios Bafaloukos, Dimosthenis Skarlos, Aristidis Polyzos, Dimosthenis Tsoutsos, Haralambos Kalofonos, George Fountzilas, Petros Panagiotou, George Kokkalis, Othon Papadopoulos, Ourania Castana, Stefanos Papadopoulos, Elias Stavrinidis, Georgia Vourli, John Ioannovich, Helen Gogas

Author Affiliations

1: Second Department of Internal Medicine-Propaedeutic, Oncology Section, University General Hospital Attikon, Athens, Greece.

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