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Allan A Lima Pereira, Gabriel Lenz, Tiago Biachi de Castria

Despite being considered a rare type of malignancy, constituting only 3% of all gastrointestinal cancers, the incidence of biliary tract cancers (BTCs) has been increasing worldwide in recent years, with about 20,000 new cases annually only in the USA.1–3 These cancers arise from the biliary epithelium of the small ducts in the periphery of the liver […]

Jean-Luc Van Laethem, ASCO GI 2021: Results of the KEYNOTE-224 Study

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Published Online: Feb 23rd 2021

We were delighted to talk to Jean-Luc Van Laethem (Hôpital Universitaire Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium) about the efficacy and safety findings of the KEYNOTE-224 study (Clinical Trial Identifier: NCT02702414).

The abstract ‘Pembrolizumab (pembro) monotherapy for previously untreated advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC): Phase II KEYNOTE-224 study’ (ABSTRACT NUMBER: 297) was presented at the virtual ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium 2021, 15-17 January, 2021.

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  1. What was previously known about the use of pembrolizumab in the treatment of patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)? (0:37)
  2. Could you tell us a little about the aims and design of KEYNOTE-224? (2:54)
  3. What were the efficacy and safety findings of the study? (4:50)

Disclosures: Jean-Luc Van Laethem has nothing to disclose in relation to this video.

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media.

Filmed as a highlight of ASCO GI 2021 (Virtual).

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