The FDA granted accelerated approval to nivolumab based on a notable clinical benefit in a subset of patients who progressed after receiving the standard first-line chemotherapy with fluoropyrimidine, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan.
Interim data from a recent clinical trial of nelipepimut-S plus trastuzumab showed a disease-free survival advantage compared with trastuzumab alone in patients with HER2 1+/2+ breast cancer.
“The combination of atezolizumab and cobimetinib represents the first potential immune-modifying combination for patients with microsatellite stable metastatic colorectal cancer,” said Johanna C. Bendell, MD, at the 2018 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.
As the number of patients receiving immune checkpoint blockade grows, the combination of radiation and immunotherapy has become increasingly relevant, particularly in the palliative care setting, where radiation therapy is used to treat painful lesions or brain metastases.
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