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Luis G. Paz-Ares, MD, PhD, Summarizes Results of the CheckMate 057 Trial on Nonsquamous Cell NSCLC

2015 ASCO Annual Meeting

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Luis G. Paz-Ares, MD, PhD, of the Hospital Universitario Doce De Octubre, discusses the superior overall survival in patients taking nivolumab vs docetaxel in advanced nonsquamous NSCLC (Abstract LBA109).



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