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Anthony J. Olszanski, RPh, MD, and Michael A. Davies, MD, PhD, on the COMBI-d Study on Cutaneous Melanoma

2016 ASCO Annual Meeting

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Anthony J. Olszanski, RPh, MD, of Fox Chase Cancer Center, and Michael A. Davies, MD, PhD, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discuss this phase III study of dabrafenib plus trametinib vs dabrafenib monotherapy in patients with unresectable or metastatic BRAF V600E/K-mutant cutaneous melanoma (Abstract 9502).



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