Nivolumab de primera línea más ipilimumab en el mesotelioma pleural no resecable (CheckMate 743): ensayo

Paul Baas1, Arnaud Scherpereel2, Anna K Nowak3

  • 1The Netherlands Cancer Institute and Leiden University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Lancet (London, England)
|January 24, 2021
PubMed
Resumen

Nivolumab más ipilimumab mejoró significativamente la supervivencia global de los pacientes con mesotelioma pleural maligno (MPM) en comparación con la quimioterapia. Esta combinación de inmunoterapia ofrece una nueva y efectiva opción de tratamiento para la MPM no resecable.

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