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Keytruda meets primary endpoint as perioperative treatment regimen in resected, locally advanced HNSCC

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The phase III KEYNOTE-689 trial evaluating Keytruda (pembrolizumab), Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, as a perioperative treatment for patients newly diagnosed with stage 3 or 4A, resected, locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma met its primary endpoint of event-free survival. 

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