FDA Drug Approvals for Cancer in 2015

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This slide show highlights the 2015 FDA approvals of cancer treatments, which included therapies for melanoma, RCC, sarcoma, and lung, breast, and pancreatic cancers, as well as various hematologic malignancies.

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