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Ahmad A. Tarhini, MD, PhD, on High-Risk Melanoma: Adjuvant Ipilimumab vs High-Dose Interferon-α2b

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

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Ahmad A. Tarhini, MD, PhD, of Emory University and Winship Cancer Institute, discusses phase III findings from the U.S. Intergroup E1609 trial, which showed survival benefits for patients with resected high-risk melanoma—for the first time in the history of melanoma adjuvant therapy (Abstract 9504).

 



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