Naiyer A. Rizvi, MD, an associate attending physician, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses pembrolizumab (MK-3475) for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Naiyer A. Rizvi, MD, an associate attending physician, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses pembrolizumab (MK-3475) for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Activity
- Pembrolizumab has been explored in NSCLC in the first-line and in previously treated patients.
- Good activity has been seen in PD-L1-positive patients.
Toxicity
- Pembrolizumab is generally well tolerated and elicited few significant adverse events.
- Some mild fatigue and pruritus were reported.
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