KEYTRUDA Reduced the Risk of Death by 38% Versus Placebo as Adjuvant Therapy for Patients With RCC at an Increased Risk of Recurrence Following Nephrectomy
“For patients with renal cell carcinoma, up to 40% may experience recurrence following surgery, at which point there is a significantly lower chance of survival,” said Dr. Toni K. Choueiri, director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Jerome and Nancy Kohlberg professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School. “Results from KEYNOTE-564 show that pembrolizumab as adjuvant therapy significantly improved overall survival by 38% compared to placebo, becoming the first ever Phase 3 adjuvant trial to show improved survival for renal cancer patients at risk of recurrence after surgery.”
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