Keytruda, the recently US approved drug shows early promise for some patients with advanced lung cancer though it is approved for advanced melanoma. The drug boosts the cancer-fighting potential and the body's immune system.
Keytruda (pembrolizumab) belongs to a new group of drugs that blocks a pathway called PD-1, which then frees up the immune system to attack cancer cells approved another PD-1 drug nivolumab (Opdivo) for treating some cases of advanced lung cancer.
The U.S. National ...
Keytruda, the recently US approved drug shows early promise for some patients with advanced lung cancer though it is approved for advanced melanoma. The drug boosts the cancer-fighting potential and the body's immune system.
Keytruda (pembrolizumab) belongs to a new group of drugs that blocks a pathway called PD-1, which then frees up the immune system to attack cancer cells approved another PD-1 drug nivolumab (Opdivo) for treating some cases of advanced lung cancer.
The U.S. National ...