Maintenance Pembrolizumab Did Not Improve PFS in Small-Cell Lung Cancer

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This video examines a phase II trial that studied maintenance pembrolizumab in extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer.

In this video, Shirish M. Gadgeel, MD, of the University of Michigan, discusses a phase II trial that studied pembrolizumab in the maintenance setting for the treatment of extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer patients.

Gadgeel presented results of the study (abstract 8504) at the 2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, held June 2–6 in Chicago.

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