## Abstract A review of our experience using BCG immunotherapy as a postsurgical adjunct in the treatment of melanoma shows that the incidence of systemic metastases appears to have been reduced. However, central nervous system (CNS) metastases continue to develop in these patients and represent th
Adjuvant immunotherapy of malignant melanoma
β Scribed by Gerard V. Aranha; Charles F. McKhann; Theodor B. Grage; Audolfur Gunnarsson; Richard L. Simmons
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 561 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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