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Misako Nagasaka, MD, on NSCLC: Sintilimab, Pemetrexed, and Platinum as First-Line Therapy

IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer

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Misako Nagasaka, MD, of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, discusses results of the ORIENT-11 trial, which showed that, although sintilimab plus pemetrexed and platinum significantly improved progression-free survival, the combination only nominally improved overall survival in patients with locally advanced or metastatic nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer (Abstract 1).



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