Researchers from University of Pittsburgh and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that liquid from surgical drains, which is usually tossed in the trash, could inform more precise treatments for patients with head and neck cancer caused by human papillomavirus.
The Groupe d’Oncologie Radiothérapie Tête Et Cou, also known as the Head and Neck Oncology and Radiotherapy Group or GORTEC, announced that the randomized phase III CheckMate -9KW/NIVOPOSTOP GORTEC 2018-01 trial evaluating nivolumab (Opdivo) as a post-operative treatment component for resected patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck with high risk of relapse met its primary endpoint of disease-free survival across all comers.
