Phase II Trial of Temozolomide and Sorafenib in Advanced Melanoma Patients with or without Brain Metastases.

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Published in Clin Cancer Res on December 15, 2009

Authors

Ravi K Amaravadi1, Lynn M Schuchter, David F McDermott, Amy Kramer, Lydia Giles, Kristi Gramlich, Mary Carberry, Andrea B Troxel, Richard Letrero, Katherine L Nathanson, Michael B Atkins, Peter J O'Dwyer, Keith T Flaherty

Author Affiliations

1: Authors' Affiliations: Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania and Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

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