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[wwtmm]

Thanks for getting back.The treatment took place at Sloan Kettering in Manhattan.The drug by itself was ineffective and the Melanoma had spread numerous tumors throughout her body. One tumor in her lung had to be treated with radiation,three months later all her tumors were gone.They called it "abscopal effect".The Doctor claimed the drug had some effect,and he has successfully repeated the results in another patient.The article was in todays Long Island Newsday.The Doctors name is Wolchok and he is designing a clinical trial.Just wondering if Bavi would work in the same way.Regards.

[north40000]

Here is the nearly full article from NEJM re Yervoy + radiation:

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=73042697

I sent it to entdoc earlier by PM. Dr Wolchuk was an early investigator with ipi for MEDX/BMY.Yervoy does have its arena of AEs, but they can be controlled for many and it was FDA approved.
The label was broader than BMY expected, and the drug is now being investigated in other clinical trials against other tumors.

Sounds like Bavi, doesn't it? And we are led to believe that Bavi has fewer side effects. Bavi is chimeric, ipi is fully human