Event-free Survival with Pembrolizumab in Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Peter Schmid1, Javier Cortes1, Rebecca Dent1

  • 1From Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London (P.S.); International Breast Cancer Center, Quironsalud Group, and Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona (J.C.), and the Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Universidad Europea de Madrid (J.C.), and Ramon y Cajal University Hospital (M.G.), Madrid; the National Cancer Center Singapore, Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, Singapore (R.D.); Yale School of Medicine, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT (L.P.); the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (H.M.), and Baylor University Medical Center, Texas Oncology, U.S. Oncology Network (J.O.), Dallas, and Texas Oncology, U.S. Oncology Network, Austin (D.P.); the Breast Unit, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Department of Gynecology with Breast Center (S.K.) and the Breast Cancer Center, Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch (M.U.), Berlin, the Institute of Pathology, Philipps-University Marburg and University Hospital Marburg, Marburg (C.D.), the Breast Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Comprehensive Cancer Center Munich, LMU University Hospital, Munich (N.H.), and the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-European Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen (P.A.F.) - all in Germany; the Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, and Breast Cancer Center, Cancer Theme, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Center, Solna, Sweden (J.B.); Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (Y.H.P.), Seoul National University Hospital, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine (S.-A.I.), and Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine (J.-H.A.) - all in Seoul, South Korea; Westmead Breast Cancer Institute, Westmead Hospital and the University of Sydney (R.H.), and Royal North Shore Hospital (S.B.-H.) - both in Sydney; Hokkaido Cancer Center, Sapporo, Japan (M.T.); the Breast Unit, Champalimaud Clinical Center-Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon (F.C.), and Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, Porto (M.F.) - both in Portugal; Compass Oncology, U.S. Oncology Network, Portland, OR (J.A.); Virginia Oncology Associates, U.S. Oncology Network, Norfolk (M.D.); Centre Jean-Perrin, Clermont-Ferrand, France (M.-A.M.-R.); McGill University, Segal Cancer Centre, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal (J.-F.B.); and Merck, Kenilworth, NJ (Y.D., K.T., G.A., V.K.).

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