Randomized phase III trial of treatment with high-dose interleukin-2 either alone or in combination with interferon alfa-2a in patients with advanced melanoma.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on October 01, 1993

Authors

J A Sparano1, R I Fisher, M Sunderland, K Margolin, M L Ernest, M Sznol, M B Atkins, J P Dutcher, K C Micetich, G R Weiss

Author Affiliations

1: Extramural IL-2 Working Group (Albert Einstein Cancer Center/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467.

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