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Consolidation Immunotherapy in Locally Advanced NSCLC – Targeted Oncology

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2018-04-16 NEWS

Medical Xpress

Consolidation Immunotherapy in Locally Advanced NSCLC
Targeted Oncology
Jyoti Patel, MD: This patient illustrates, really, what I’ve started to do in my practice. For patients who are eligible for checkpoint blockade because they don’t have a history of autoimmune disease, they don’t have HIV, and they’re otherwise well …
Researchers find promising treatment strategy for stage 1-3 NSCL cancer patientsMedical Xpress
SU2C researchers find promising treatment strategy for stage 1-3 NSCL cancer patientsEurekAlert (press release)

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2018-04-16 NEWS

Business Insider

Merck, Bristol-Myers immunotherapies impress in key lung cancer trials
Reuters
(Reuters) – Merck & Co’s immunotherapy Keytruda plus chemotherapy significantly improved overall survival versus chemotherapy alone in newly-diagnosed patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer in a highly-anticipated study that appears to …
‘We are going to have lung cancer patients living longer and better’: A new kind of cancer treatment is about to …Business Insider
Merck lung cancer trial boosts immunotherapy hopesFinancial Times

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2018-04-16 NEWS

Business Insider UK

‘We are going to have lung cancer patients living longer and better:’ A new kind of cancer treatment is about to …
Business Insider UK
In data presented Monday at the American Association of Cancer Research’s annual meeting, cancer drugmakers showed that the use of immunotherapy in combination with other drugs did a better job of treating lung cancer than chemotherapy alone. The …
Adding Merck’s Keytruda To Chemo Halves Death Risk For Lung Cancer PatientsForbes

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2018-04-16 NEWS

Telegraph.co.uk

Immunotherapy-first cancer treatment a ‘game-changer’, say scientists
Telegraph.co.uk
Oncologists at Johns Hopkins University and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center administered the immunotherapy drug nivolumab over several weeks to 21 patients with non-small-cell lung cancer prior to surgery. They found the strategy was not …

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