Budesonide is Not Beneficial for the Treatment of Diarrhea in Metastatic Melanoma Patients Receiving Ipilimumab, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Study

Newswise — Patients with stage III or IV melanoma taking ipilimumab and the oral steroid budesonide to reduce side effects did not have less diarrhea, a known side effect of ipilimumab, according to results of a phase II trial published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

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