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A reduced dose of elective radiation is safe and does not compromise treatment efficacy in patients with head and neck ...

Adding pembrolizumab (Keytruda), before and after surgery, to standard adjuvant therapy for locally advanced head and neck ...

Patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer who received the immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab before, during ...

Ending a 20-year-plus drought, Merck & Co.’s Keytruda demonstrated that its use around surgery can reduce the risk of certain ...

Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) given before and after surgery to supplement adjuvant therapy improved responses and survival in ...

HPV-related throat cancers are rising, but risks can be lowered by avoiding tobacco, limiting alcohol, getting vaccinated, ...

In general, head and neck cancers are treated with surgery, radiation, chemotherapy or a combination. However, head and neck ...

The addition of neoadjuvant and adjuvant pembrolizumab to standard of care significantly improved outcomes for certain ...

Patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer who received the immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab before, during and after standard-of-care surgery had longer event-free survival without ...

The FDA is currently reviewing Merck’s sBLA for Keytruda in head and neck cancer, with a target action date of June 23.

Pembrolizumab combo before/after surgery and radiation significantly improved event-free survival in resectable advanced head ...