Hopkins study shows immunotherapy + chemo leads to improved survival in mesothelioma

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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy found that combining Medimmune/AstraZeneca’s immunotherapy agent Imfinzi (durvalumab) with the chemotherapy agents pemetrexed and cisplatin or carboplatin may provide a new treatment option for patients who have inoperable pleural mesothelioma.

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