Pembrolizumab Yields Lasting Merkel-Cell Carcinoma Responses

April 20, 2016

Journal

American Association for Cancer Research

Publication Date

April 20, 2016

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Abstract

In a phase II single-arm study, the PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab effectively shrank tumors and prolonged survival in more than half of patients with Merkel cell carcinoma. Responses were significantly more durable that those typically seen with chemotherapy.

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