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Abraxane and Avastin for melanoma – pro
Handsome doctor talking with his patient for the annual check-up

Metastatic melanoma responds poorly to chemotherapy with the main drugs being temozolomide or dacarbazine after failure of immunotherapy with ipilimumab or vaccination. However, Abraxane has been reported to have single agent activity. This response rate is higher than observed previously with paclitaxel or docetaxel suggesting that this formulation of paclitaxel may be more active than the conventional form. Among the 37 chemotherapy-naive patients,

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