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SUBMITTER: Davar D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3478763 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar-Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Davar Diwakar D Tarhini Ahmad A AA Kirkwood John M JM
Cancer journal (Sudbury, Mass.) 20120301 2
Estimates from the U.S. Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry suggest that melanoma incidence will reach 70,230 cases in 2011, of whom 8790 will die. The rising incidence and predilection for young individuals makes this tumor a leading source of lost productive years in the society.High-dose interferon-α-2b is the only agent approved for adjuvant therapy for melanoma; the improvement in relapse-free survival has been observed across nearly all published studies and meta-analyses. ...[more]