Dr. Hussein Abdul-Hassan Tawbi on Oral Azacitidine Plus Pembrolizumab in Metastatic Melanoma

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Cancer Network spoke with Hussein Abdul-Hassan Tawbi, MD, PhD, on the results of a phase II study of oral azacitidine in combination with pembrolizumab in metastatic melanoma.

Cancer Network spoke with Hussein Abdul-Hassan Tawbi, MD, PhD, associate professor at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, on the results of a phase II study of oral azacitidine in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with metastatic melanoma. The data (abstract 9560) were presented at ASCO 2019.

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