Combined Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Melanoma Metastatic to the Brain

2018 New England Journal of Medicine 1,257 citations

Abstract

Nivolumab combined with ipilimumab had clinically meaningful intracranial efficacy, concordant with extracranial activity, in patients with melanoma who had untreated brain metastases. (Funded by Bristol-Myers Squibb and the National Cancer Institute; CheckMate 204 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02320058 .).

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IpilimumabNivolumabMedicineMelanomaMetastatic melanomaOncologyInternal medicineBrain metastasisMetastasisImmunotherapyCancerCancer research

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Year
2018
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Volume
379
Issue
8
Pages
722-730
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1257
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Hussein A. Tawbi, Peter Forsyth, Alain P. Algazi et al. (2018). Combined Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Melanoma Metastatic to the Brain. New England Journal of Medicine , 379 (8) , 722-730. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1805453

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10.1056/nejmoa1805453