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Enrique Grande, MD, PhD, on Urothelial Carcinoma: Treatment With Atezolizumab, Platinum, and Gemcitabine

AACR Annual Meeting 2021

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Enrique Grande, MD, PhD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Madrid, discusses phase III overall survival results from the IMvigor130 study of atezolizumab plus platinum and gemcitabine vs placebo plus platinum and gemcitabine in patients with previously untreated metastatic urothelial carcinoma (Abstract CT187).



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