KEYTRUDA + Chemo Significantly Improved OS Compared to Chemo Alone in Patients With Advanced or Unresectable Biliary Tract Cancer
“Biliary tract cancer is rising in incidence worldwide, and unfortunately most patients are diagnosed with this devastating type of cancer at an advanced stage, when the five-year survival rate is less than 5%,” said Dr. Robin Kate Kelley, professor of clinical medicine in the division of hematology/oncology, University of California, San Francisco. “This trial shows that adding KEYTRUDA to chemotherapy holds the potential to extend life for these patients.”
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