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Tom Harkin: It seems to me this is about as important as Gleevec. I mean, this attacks metastatic melanoma in later stages.

On the recordMay 10, 2011
It seems to me this is about as important as Gleevec. I mean, this attacks metastatic melanoma in later stages.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin emphasizes the significance of ipilimumab in treating metastatic melanoma.

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