Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy for pleural mesothelioma

Y C Gary Lee1

  • 1Pleural Medicine Unit, Institute for Respiratory Health, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia.

Lancet (London, England)
|November 6, 2023
PubMed
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