Improved risk-adjusted survival for melanoma brain metastases in the era of checkpoint blockade immunotherapies: Results from a national cohort

Cancer Immunology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1039-1045

  Iorgulescu, J Bryan ^a,b   Harary, Maya ^a,b   Zogg, Cheryl K ^b,c   Ligon, Keith L ^a,b,d   Reardon, David A ^a,d   Hodi, F Stephen ^a,d   Aizer, Ayal A ^a,b   Smith, Timothy R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IPILIMUMAB; VEMURAFENIB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DRUG APPROVAL; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN SURVIVAL TIME; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE BRAIN RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 85052890127     PISSN: 23266066     EISSN: 23266074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-18-0067     Document Type: Article

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