EC approves Keytruda + trastuzumab + chemo for first-line treatment of GEJ cancer

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The European Commission approved Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in combination with trastuzumab, fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of locally advanced unresectable or metastatic human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma in adults whose tumors express PD-L1.

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