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Cancer journal article reports positive results in interferon alpha use in melanoma patients

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, July 23rd, 2006

Viragen, Inc. (VRA) and its majority-owned subsidiary, Viragen International, Inc. (VGNI), announced that Acta Oncologica, a European journal in clinical oncology, has published an article profiling the use of Multiferon for the adjuvant treatment of high-risk (stages IIb-III) malignant melanoma patients 2006; 45:389-399).

The article, titled "Long-term survival benefit after adjuvant treatment of cutaneous melanoma with dacarbazine and low dose natural interferon alpha (Multiferon(R)): A controlled, randomized multicenter trial," reports positive results for a category of melanoma patients for whom prognosis is generally poor. The article concludes that the...

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