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Assuntina G. Sacco, MD, on Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Trial Results on Pembrolizumab and Cetuximab

2020 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancers Symposium

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Assuntina G. Sacco, MD, of the University of California, San Diego, discusses the results of a small phase II study, which suggest that pembrolizumab plus cetuximab may show activity for platinum-refractory/-ineligible patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (Abstract 15).



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