Two different durations of adjuvant therapy with intermediate-dose interferon alfa-2b in patients with high-risk melanoma (Nordic IFN trial): a randomised phase 3 trial.

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Published in Lancet Oncol on January 20, 2011

Authors

Johan Hansson1, Steinar Aamdal, Lars Bastholt, Yvonne Brandberg, Micaela Hernberg, Bo Nilsson, Ulrika Stierner, Hans von der Maase, Nordic Melanoma Cooperative Group

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. johan.hansson@ki.se

Associated clinical trials:

Nordic Adjuvant IFN Melanoma Trial | NCT01259934

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