European Journal of Dermatology
MENUA case of malignant melanoma that developed multiple metastases after switching from interferon-beta to pegylated interferon-alpha-2b as adjuvant therapy Volume 28, numéro 1, January-February 2018
Illustrations
1 Gene Expression and Regulation Program, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2 Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Related, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan
3 Division of Dermatology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 1-12-1 Fukumuro, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Japan
- DOI : 10.1684/ejd.2017.3169
- Page(s) : 115-6
- Année de parution : 2018
Although therapeutic strategies for melanoma have advanced, melanoma remains incurable owing to frequent recurrence and metastasis, requiring effective adjuvant therapy [1].Adjuvant therapy with interferon (IFN)-α-2b improves recurrence-free and overall survival [1]. Pegylated (PEG)-IFN-α-2b, an IFN molecule covalently bound to polyethylene glycol, can maintain longer sustained effects with less frequent injection than unpegylated-IFN-α-2b, and has been utilized as a global standard adjuvant therapy [...]
