Nivolumab demonstrates superiority over standard of care for head-and-neck cancer in phase III trial

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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.  

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