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Advanced melanoma survival improves significantly when immunotherapy is given before targeted therapy

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A clinical trial led by clinicians at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center showed a remarkable 20% advantage in the two-year OS rate for people with advanced melanoma who first received immunotherapy (72% survival rate) versus those who initially got targeted therapies (52% survival rate). Progression-free survival, where the cancer is stable or improving, was also trending in favor of those who started on immunotherapy.

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