Nivolumab versus Docetaxel in Advanced Nonsquamous Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

2015 New England Journal of Medicine 9,225 citations

Abstract

Among patients with advanced nonsquamous NSCLC that had progressed during or after platinum-based chemotherapy, overall survival was longer with nivolumab than with docetaxel. (Funded by Bristol-Myers Squibb; CheckMate 057 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01673867.).

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MedicineDocetaxelNivolumabLung cancerOncologyInternal medicineCancerImmunotherapy

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2015
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Volume
373
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17
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1627-1639
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H. Borghaei, L. Paz-Ares, Leora Horn et al. (2015). Nivolumab versus Docetaxel in Advanced Nonsquamous Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer. New England Journal of Medicine , 373 (17) , 1627-1639. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1507643

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10.1056/nejmoa1507643