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The Role of Checkpoint Inhibitors in the Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer

by Jennifer L.W. Fink • September 18, 2016

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Phase I/II Study of PDR001 in Patients With Advanced Malignancies (Novartis Pharmaceuticals): Investigators will look at the safety, tolerability, and antitumor activity of a new PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor.

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Pembrolizumab Combined With Chemoradiotherapy in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom): This study aims to establish whether the combination of pembrolizumab and conventional cisplatin-based chemoradiotherapy is tolerable and results in acceptable levels of toxicity in patients with stage IV head and neck cancer.

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Filed Under: Head and Neck, Home Slider, Special Report Tagged With: checkpoint inhibitors, head and neck cancer, immunotherapy, treatmentIssue: September 2016

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