FDA Approves KEYTRUDA® + Carboplatin + Paclitaxel as Treatment for Adult Patients With Primary Advanced or Recurrent Endometrial Carcinoma
“Endometrial cancer is now the most common gynecologic cancer in the U.S., and deaths from the disease are projected to surpass deaths from ovarian cancer in 2024, underscoring the need for treatment advances for more patients,” said Dr. Gursel Aktan, vice president, global clinical development, Merck Research Laboratories. “This approval represents the first and only anti-PD-1-based option for adult patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma regardless of mismatch repair status, building on the established role of KEYTRUDA in certain types of advanced endometrial carcinoma as monotherapy and in combination with LENVIMA.”
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