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Three Drugs Approved for Urothelial Carcinoma by FDA.

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The FDA has approved one PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor, pembrolizumab, and two PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors, avelumab and durvalumab, to treat metastatic urothelial carcinoma in patients whose disease continues to progress despite… Click to show full abstract

The FDA has approved one PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor, pembrolizumab, and two PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors, avelumab and durvalumab, to treat metastatic urothelial carcinoma in patients whose disease continues to progress despite platinum-based chemotherapy. This brings the total number of checkpoint inhibitors for the disease to five, prompting questions about how best to use them.

Keywords: drugs approved; approved urothelial; carcinoma; carcinoma fda; three drugs; urothelial carcinoma

Journal Title: Cancer discovery
Year Published: 2017

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