Merck's Keytruda Doubled PFS In Some Colorectal Cancer Patients In ASCO Late-Breaker
Executive Summary
Pembrolizumab should be considered the new standard of care as first-line therapy in patients with microsatellite instability high (MSI-H) metastatic colorectal cancer, KEYNOTE-177 investigator André said.
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