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. 2023 Nov;36(6):583-587.
doi: 10.1111/pcmr.13133. Epub 2023 Sep 19.

Twenty years of research in melanoma therapy-From "nothing works" to cures: A personal account

Meenhard Herlyn  1 , Jessie Villanueva  1
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Twenty years of research in melanoma therapy-From "nothing works" to cures: A personal account

Meenhard Herlyn et al. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2023 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: BRAF; checkpoint inhibitors; collaboration; therapy.

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