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International clinical trial tests targeted drug for melanoma

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Rush University Medical Center has just enrolled the first U.S. patient in an international clinical trial testing a novel drug to treat certain kinds of melanoma, a deadly skin cancer that in its advanced stages currently has few effective treatments.

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Tags: Skin, Cancer, Skin Cancer, Melanoma, Drug, Clinical Trial

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