Optimal management of metastatic melanoma: current strategies and future directions.

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Published in Am J Clin Dermatol on June 01, 2013

Authors

Marta Batus1, Salman Waheed, Carl Ruby, Lindsay Petersen, Steven D Bines, Howard L Kaufman

Author Affiliations

1: Rush University Melanoma Program and Departments of Medicine, General Surgery and Immunology and Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 W. Harrison Street, Room 845, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.

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