New drug combination shows particularly good results in patients with HPV-negative head and neck cancer

Published Date: 29 Mar 2023

A study published today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology reports that a new combination drug therapy has shown promising results in patients with refractory, relapsed or metastatic tumors of head and neck cancer.

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