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Daniel P. Petrylak, MD, on Urothelial Cancer: Enfortumab Vedotin Monotherapy for Locally Advanced or Metastatic Disease

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

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Daniel P. Petrylak, MD, of Yale School of Medicine, discusses study results on enfortumab vedotin monotherapy for locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer previously treated with platinum and immune checkpoint inhibitors (Abstract LBA4505).



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