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|Videos|September 11, 2017
An Update on Avelumab as Monotherapy for Urothelial Carcinoma
Author(s)Andrea Apolo, MD
Andrea Apolo, MD, medical oncologist at the National Cancer Institute and chief of the bladder cancer section of the Genitourinary Malignancies Branch, discusses the recent updates presented at the 2017 ESMO Annual Congress regarding avelumab (Bavencio) monotherapy for patients with urothelial carcinoma.
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