Patients with advanced biliary tract cancers might benefit from first-line pembrolizumab combined with chemotherapy.

Published Date: 19 Apr 2023

Results from the phase III KEYNOTE-966 study showed that adding pembrolizumab (Keytruda) to gemcitabine and cisplatin increased overall survival in patients with untreated metastatic or unresectable biliary tract cancer.

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