Method for preventing or treating malignant melanoma

摘要

Provided is a novel method for preventing or treating malignant melanoma, which comprises administering an effective amount of at least one selected from the group consisting of: a) a pigment epithelium-derived factor; b) a variant of the pigment epithelium-derived factor (a) that has the functionally equivalent properties to the factor (a); and c) a vector comprising such factor to a subject in need thereof.