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Conferences
Nivolumab superior to chemotherapy in metastatic melanoma
Nivolumab induced a greater rate of overall response than chemotherapy in patients with metastatic melanoma who progressed on or after anti-CTLA–4 therapy or treatment with BRAF inhibitors, according to phase 3 study results presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology Annual Congress in Madrid.
PV-10 well-tolerated in treatment of refractory cutaneous melanoma
Intralesional injection of rose bengal disodium was well-tolerated in patients with refractory cutaneous melanoma, with just over half of patients meeting the primary study endpoint, according to a poster presented at the European Society of Medical Oncology Annual Congress.
Melanoma studies dominate ESMO
Melanoma studies dominated both the Presidential Symposium and poster sessions at the European Society for Medical Oncology 2014 meeting. Practice changing trials endorsed the “precision medicine" theme of the meeting, held in Madrid, Spain, September 26-30, with studies demonstrating inhibiting two pathways was better than one and the first ever phase 3 trial data of a PD1 inhibitor.