Opinion|Videos|October 28, 2024
Dual Maintenance With BiTE and PD-L1 Inhibitors
Author(s)Joshua K. Sabari, MD
Joshua K. Sabari, MD, discusses the anticipated clinical benefits of adding tarlatamab to durvalumab as maintenance therapy for patients with ES-SCLC, highlighting that statistically significant trial end points, such as improved PFS and OS, could encourage community oncologists to adopt this dual maintenance approach.
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