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

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

Reduced-dose radiotherapy in head & neck cancer shows similar efficacy to standard dose but with lower toxicity, per findings ...

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

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

In advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, evorpacept and Keytruda didn’t meet the primary endpoints of the ASPEN-03 ...

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 ...

Adding perioperative pembrolizumab to standard care can improve EFS in locally advanced head and neck cancer, data suggest.

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