Melanoma therapy
US7482014B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 24, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jan 27, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 5, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61K38/212
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Methods for treating treatment-naive as well as treatment-experienced patients having melanoma to increase the progression-free survival time involving administering a therapeutically effective amount of pegylated interferon-alpha, e.g., preferably pegylated interferon alpha-2b, as adjuvant therapy to definitive surgery are disclosed.
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