Economic analysis of adjuvant interferon alfa-2b in high-risk melanoma based on projections from Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group 1684.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on June 01, 1997

Authors

B E Hillner1, J M Kirkwood, M B Atkins, E R Johnson, T J Smith

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298, USA. hillner@gems.vcu.edu

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