featured
2024 Top Story in Oncology: Pembrolizumab Plus Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for HNSCC
Written by
Sign in to PracticeUpdate
Only registered members have full access to PracticeUpdate content.
Additional Info
- Burtness B, Harrington KJ, Greil R, et al. Pembrolizumab alone or with chemotherapy versus cetuximab with chemotherapy for recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (KEYNOTE-048): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 study. Lancet. 2019;394(10212):1915-1928.
- Lee NY, Ferris RL, Psyrri A, et al. Avelumab plus standard-of-care chemoradiotherapy versus chemoradiotherapy alone in patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2021;22(4):450-462.
- Wong DJ, Fayette J, Teixeira M, et al. Abstract CT009: IMvoke010: A phase III, double-blind randomized trial of atezolizumab (atezo) after definitive local therapy vs placebo in patients (pts) with high-risk locally advanced (LA) squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). Cancer Res. 2024;84 (7_Suppl):CT009.
- Machiels JP, Tao Y, Licitra L, et al. Pembrolizumab plus concurrent chemoradiotherapy versus placebo plus concurrent chemoradiotherapy in patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (KEYNOTE-412): a randomised, double-blind, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2024;25(5):572-587.
- Dust K, Carpenter M, Chen J-C, et al. Human Papillomavirus 16 E6 and E7 Oncoproteins Alter the Abundance of Proteins Associated with DNA Damage Response, Immune Signaling and Epidermal Differentiation. Viruses. 2022;14(8):1764.
- Uppaluri R, Lee NY, Westra W, et al. KEYNOTE-689: Phase 3 study of adjuvant and neoadjuvant pembrolizumab combined with standard of care (SOC) in patients with resectable, locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. J Clin Oncol. 2019;37(suppl_15):TPS6090.
Disclosure statements are available on the authors' profiles: