Remission of an intracardiac melanoma metastasis after tremelimumab therapy.

Case Rep Dermatol

Medizinische Klinik für Kardiologie und Angiologie, Campus Mitte, Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.

Published: January 2014

Tremelimumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody specific for human cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4. Administration of tremelimumab to patients with locally advanced and metastatic melanoma has resulted in a subset of patients with durable objective tumour regressions. Our echocardiographic images impressively show the effects of this new antibody in a patient with cardiac metastatic malignant melanoma.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3975197PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000360127DOI Listing

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