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FDA approves new treatment for a type of late-stage skin


FDA approves new treatment for a type of late-stage skin cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Yervoy (ipilimumab) to treat patients with late-stage (metastatic) melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer.
 

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