Effectiveness of carboplatin and paclitaxel as first- and second-line treatment in 61 patients with metastatic melanoma.

BACKGROUND: Patients with metastatic melanoma have a very unfavorable prognosis with few therapeutic options. Based on previous promising experiences within a clinical trial involving carboplatin and paclitaxel a series of advanced metastatic melanoma patients were treated with this combination. MET...

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Main Authors: Annette Pflugfelder, Thomas K Eigentler, Ulrike Keim, Benjamin Weide, Ulrike Leiter, Kristian Ikenberg, Mark Berneburg, Claus Garbe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3040212?pdf=render