Newly Approved Drug for Metastatic Melanoma Nearly Doubles Median Survival
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 18:00
in Health & Medicine
Researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, together with scientists from 12 other sites in the United States and Australia, report for the first time that a newly approved drug for patients with metastatic melanoma nearly doubles median survival times, a finding that will change the way this deadly form of skin cancer is treated.