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Combined Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Melanoma Metastatic to the Brain
Author(s) -
Hussein A. Tawbi,
Peter Forsyth,
Alain P. Algazi,
Omid Hamid,
F. Stephen Hodi,
Stergios J. Moschos,
Nikhil I. Khushalani,
Karl D. Lewis,
Christopher D. Lao,
Michael A. Postow,
Michael B. Atkins,
Marc S. Ernstoff,
David A. Reardon,
Igor Puzanov,
Ragini R. Kudchadkar,
Reena Thomas,
Ahmad A. Tarhini,
Anna C. Pavlick,
Joel Jiang,
Alexandre Avila,
Sheena Demelo,
Kim Margolin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1805453
Subject(s) - ipilimumab , nivolumab , medicine , melanoma , metastatic melanoma , oncology , brain metastasis , metastasis , immunotherapy , cancer , cancer research
Brain metastases are a common cause of disabling neurologic complications and death in patients with metastatic melanoma. Previous studies of nivolumab combined with ipilimumab in metastatic melanoma have excluded patients with untreated brain metastases. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of nivolumab plus ipilimumab in patients with melanoma who had untreated brain metastases.

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