Breakthrough drug approved as alternative to chemotherapy for people with advanced lung cancer
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 - 05:31
in Health & Medicine
Pembrolizumab, an immunotherapy drug has been approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration as first-line treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The first-line designation means that some patients will have access to the drug without first having to receive other treatments such as chemotherapy.