Long-term results of the randomized phase III trial EORTC 18991 of adjuvant therapy with pegylated interferon alfa-2b versus observation in resected stage III melanoma.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on September 24, 2012

Authors

Alexander M M Eggermont1, Stefan Suciu, Alessandro Testori, Mario Santinami, Wim H J Kruit, Jeremy Marsden, Cornelis J A Punt, François Salès, Reinhard Dummer, Caroline Robert, Dirk Schadendorf, Poulam M Patel, Gaetan de Schaetzen, Alan Spatz, Ulrich Keilholz

Author Affiliations

1: Institute de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, 114 Rue Edouard Vaillant, 94805 Villejuif, Paris-Sud, France. alexander.eggermont@igr.fr

Associated clinical trials:

Study of the Combination Vemurafenib Plus PEG-interferon in Advanced Melanoma Patients Harboring the V600BRAF Mutation (VEMUPLINT) | NCT01959633

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