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Recent Progress: FDA Approvals

First-line Immunotherapy for Stomach Cancer

First-line Immunotherapy for Stomach Cancer

The FDA has approved pembrolizumab for the first-line treatment of certain HER2-negative gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda), in combination with a chemotherapy regimen...