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Neoadjuvant nivolumab shows long-term benefit in NSCLC

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In a phase II, single-arm study published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer who were treated with neoadjuvant nivolumab had improved five-year recurrence-free and overall survival rates compared with historical outcomes.

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