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Toni K. Choueiri, MD, on Renal Cell Carcinoma: Follow-up Data on Pembrolizumab

2022 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

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Toni K. Choueiri, MD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses a 30-month follow-up of results from the KEYNOTE-564 trial, which further support the use of adjuvant pembrolizumab when treating patients with renal cell carcinoma at intermediate-high or high risk of recurrence, or with an M1 NED (no evidence of disease) status after nephrectomy. The data show a disease-free survival benefit vs placebo (Abstract 290).



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