Teresa Petrella, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, medical oncologist, affiliate scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Odette Cancer Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute; and associate professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, discusses key considerations in selecting frontline therapy for patients with metastatic melanoma based on long-term survival data and therapeutic sequencing findings.
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