Nivolumab represents ‘new treatment option’ for advanced gastric cancer

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About this Disease Late Stage Cancer

Nivolumab significantly prolongs survival, versus placebo, in heavily pretreated patients with unresectable gastric or gastro-esophageal junction cancer, ATTRACTION-2 study findings indicate.
Narikazu Boku (National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan) and co-researchers say their results suggest that nivolumab “might be a new treatment option” for these patients, who currently have no standard of care therapy available and typically have poor prognosis.
https://www.medwirenews.com/oncology/gastrointestinal-cancer/nivolumab-represents-new-treatment-option-for-advanced-gastric-c/15151508

Nivolumab represents ‘new treatment option’ for advanced gastric cancer

Categories
About this Disease Late Stage Cancer

Nivolumab significantly prolongs survival, versus placebo, in heavily pretreated patients with unresectable gastric or gastro-esophageal junction cancer, ATTRACTION-2 study findings indicate.
Narikazu Boku (National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan) and co-researchers say their results suggest that nivolumab “might be a new treatment option” for these patients, who currently have no standard of care therapy available and typically have poor prognosis.
https://www.medwirenews.com/oncology/gastrointestinal-cancer/nivolumab-represents-new-treatment-option-for-advanced-gastric-c/15151508