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On the recordMarch 8, 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 compares the importance of ipilimumab to Gleevec in treating melanoma.

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