Treatment of unresectable stage IV metastatic melanoma with aviscumine after anti-neoplastic treatment failure: a phase II, multi-centre study.

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Published in J Immunother Cancer on August 19, 2014

Authors

Uwe Trefzer1, Ralf Gutzmer2, Tabea Wilhelm3, Florian Schenck4, Katharina C Kähler5, Volkmar Jacobi6, Klaus Witthohn7, Hans Lentzen7, Peter Mohr8

Author Affiliations

1: Dermatologikum Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
2: Klinik für Dermatologie, Allergologie und Venerologie, Hauttumorzentrum Hannover (HTZH), Hannover, Germany.
3: Charité- Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hauttumorcentrum Charité (HTCC), Klinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie, Berlin, Germany.
4: Hautärzte Zentrum Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
5: Klinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein -Campus Kiel-, Kiel, Germany.
6: Institut für Diagnostische Radiologie, Klinikum der Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
7: MELEMA Pharma GmbH, Hamburg, Germany.
8: Elbe-Klinikum Buxtehude, Dermatologisches Zentrum, Buxtehude, Germany.

Associated clinical trials:

CY503 for the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma Stage IV After Failure of Prior Therapy | NCT00658437

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