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Cancer News

Keytruda Shows Promise in Treatment of Mesothelioma (04/04/2017)

Keytruda (pembrolizumab), an antibody drug already used to treat other forms of cancer, can be effective in the treatment of the most common form of mesothelioma, according to a new study led by investigators from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The study, published in The Lancet Oncology, is the first …

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