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Thomas Powles, MD, PhD, on Urothelial Carcinoma: Enfortumab Vedotin-ejfv vs Chemotherapy

2021 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

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Thomas Powles, MD, PhD, of Cancer Research UK Barts Centre, discusses phase III results from the EV-301 trial, which showed that enfortumab vedotin is the first therapy to demonstrate a significant survival advantage over standard chemotherapy in patients with previously treated locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (Abstract 393).



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