In lung cancer patients with restricted physical function, durvalumab safely increases survival.

Published Date: 01 Dec 2023

The first-line treatment of durvalumab, when administered as a single agent, has been found to be safe and well-tolerated by a recent study published in eClinicalMedicine.

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