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Vicky Makker, MD, on Endometrial Cancer: Lenvatinib Plus Pembrolizumab

SGO 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting on Womens Cancer

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Vicky Makker, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses phase III findings showing that lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab may improve overall and progression-free survival, as well as overall response rate, compared with treatment of physician’s choice for advanced endometrial cancer. These results were achieved regardless of mismatch repair status following platinum-based chemotherapy (ID #10191).



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