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. 2016 Jan;6(1):6.
doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-NB2015-158. Epub 2015 Nov 9.

First Oncolytic Viral Therapy for Melanoma

Alissa Poh

First Oncolytic Viral Therapy for Melanoma

Alissa Poh. Cancer Discov. 2016 Jan.

Abstract

The FDA has approved talimogene laherparepvec, or T-VEC, to treat surgically unresectable skin and lymph node lesions in patients with advanced melanoma. T-VEC is the first oncolytic viral therapy to gain regulatory endorsement, based on data from the OPTiM study.

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