SRS in Combination With Ipilimumab: A Promising New Dimension for Treating Melanoma Brain Metastases

Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2020 Jan-Dec:19:1533033820965607. doi: 10.1177/1533033820965607.

Abstract

Dear Editor,I am writing to you in order to highlight some miscalculations in an article published in the journal of Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment, entitled; "SRS in Combination with Ipilimumab: A Promising New Dimension for Treating Melanoma Brain Metastases" by Khan, et al.1 These miscalculations changed the derived conclusion about median survival time, and adverse effects in the selected treatment groups. So, amending these miscalculations may help readers in future research decisions.

Keywords: head and neck cancer; meta-analysis; radiation necrosis; radiosurgery; stereotactic radiotherapy.

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