| Title | Administration of high-dose interleukin-2 in a 2-year-old with metastatic melanoma. | | Author(s) | Bernhardt MB, Hicks MJ, Pappo AS | | Institution | Department of Pharmacy, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas. | | Source | Pediatr Blood Cancer 2009 Sep 3. | | Abstract | Malignant melanoma is rare in pediatrics, and therapies for patients with disseminated disease have not been well studied. This report describes our experience with the use of high-dose interleukin 2 (aldesleukin, IL-2) in a 2-year-old child with metastatic melanoma and describes our approach for the administration of this agent to young patients. Pediatr Blood Cancer (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19731326 |
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