Therapeutic advances and treatment options in metastatic melanoma

JAMA Oncology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 380-386

  Johnson, Douglas B ^a   Sosman, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; TUMOR MARKER;

DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MELANOMA; METABOLISM; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SECONDARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; TUMOR ESCAPE;

BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR ESCAPE;

EID: 84965093032     PISSN: 23742437     EISSN: 23742445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.0565     Document Type: Review

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