Results of the phase 3 KEYNOTE-564 study demonstrated the efficacy of adjuvant pembrolizumab for patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and increased risk of recurrence after nephrectomy by prolonging disease-free survival (DFS) compared with placebo. At the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society of Urologic Oncology, Dr. Tian Zhang, of UT Southwestern Medical Center, presented the results of a post hoc exploratory analysis on DFS in patient subgroups from the trial, based on the UCLA Integrated Staging System (UISS) risk groups and disease stage. ...
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