Merck's Keytruda Stakes Its Claim To First-Line Use In Advanced Cervical Cancer
Top-Line KEYNOTE-826 Results
Executive Summary
Combining Merck & Co’s pembrolizumab with chemotherapy first-line improves survival and PFS in metastatic cervical cancer, reinforcing its position in a condition in the sights of a number of other companies, although usually in later lines of therapy.
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