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Keytruda + chemo improved OS in HER2-negative gastric or GEJ cancer regardless of PD-L1 expression

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Results from the pivotal phase III KEYNOTE-859 trial showed that Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus chemotherapy significantly improved overall survival for patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative locally advanced unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, regardless of PD-L1 expression. 

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