ASCO: IO Continues Climb To Earlier Use With AstraZeneca’s MATTERHORN, BMS’s NIVOPOSTOP

Data presented at ASCO supports use of AZ’s Imfinzi for perioperative gastric cancer and BMS’s Opdivo for adjuvant treatment of head and neck cancer.

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Key Takeaways
  • AstraZeneca and Bristol Myers Squibb presented data on the immunotherapies Imfinizi and Opdivo in early cancer settings at ASCO.

 

Immuno-oncology continues to shift toward earlier lines of treatment, with two plenary studies at the American Society of Clinical Oncology...

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