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Merck (MRK) presents longest follow-up data for Keytruda in advance lung cancer at ASCO 2019. The five-year overall survival rates in the Keytruda arm are better than historical rates
On Monday, Merck & Co Inc (NYSE:MRK) announced topline data from the Phase 3 KEYLYNK-001 trial. The trial evaluating Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus chemotherapy followed by maintenance with ...
Patients who were administered Keytruda plus chemotherapy also showed meaningful improvements in progression-free survival (PFS) and overall response rate (ORR). Keytruda, combined with Roche’s ...
Pembrolizumab, sold under the brand name Keytruda, is a humanized antibody, more specifically a PD-1 inhibitor, used in cancer immunotherapy that treats melanoma, lung cancer, head and neck cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma, stomach cancer, cervical cancer, and certain types of breast cancer.
Pembrolizumab (Keytruda, formerly MK-3475 and lambrolizumab) was developed by Merck and first approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2014 for the treatment of melanoma. It was later approved for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. In 2017, it became the first immunotherapy drug approved for ...
Cancer immunotherapy (immuno-oncotherapy) is the stimulation of the immune system to treat cancer, improving the immune system's natural ability to fight the disease. [1] It is an application of the fundamental research of cancer immunology (immuno-oncology) and a growing subspecialty of oncology.
The study evaluated Keytruda in combination with chemotherapy as a pre-operative (neoadjuvant) treatment and then continuing as a single agent after surgery (adjuvant). The study met its overall ...
Survival rates for most childhood cancers have improved, with a notable improvement in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (the most common childhood cancer). Due to improved treatment, the 5-year survival rate for acute lymphoblastic leukemia has increased from less than 10% in the 1960s to about 90% during the time period 2003-2009.