Patients treated with first-line immunotherapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer showed similar results in terms of survival, progression-free survival, and treatment duration, regardless of race or ethnicity, even with differences in income and insurance, a study published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network showed.
JNCCN study: Real world data shows impact of immunotherapy in populations underrepresented in clinical trials
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