Pembrolizumab for melanoma- safety profile and future trends.

Expert Opin Drug Saf

a Department of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), Melanoma Clinical Research , UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco , CA , USA.

Published: June 2016

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