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Pembrolizumab
( Keytruda )
- Mechanism: Binds to PD-1
- Dosing: 2 mg/kg IV every 3 wks, tx can be held due to ↑ liver enzymes
- PK/PD: T1/2 ∼27 d
- AEs: Immune-mediated tox, fatigue, rash, metabolic abnormalities, lymphocytopenia
- DDI: No known pathways of metabolism
- Clinical pearls: Tx immune-related tox w/ steroids (prednisone 1-2 mg/kg/d)
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- systemic therapy of breast cancer
- prechemo_TNBC
- irAE
- Stage II-of-Preoperative Chemotherapy for Operable Breast Cancer
- Stage III-of-Preoperative Chemotherapy for Operable Breast Cancer
- Pembrolizumab plus Chemotherapy in Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
- PD-L1
- Overview-immunotherapy and cellular therapy
- NSCLC Treatment
- Metastatic Colon Cancer
- KEYNOTE-177
- KEYNOTE-181
- Immunotherapy
- Amivantamab
- Adeno or Other in Stage IV NSCLC Treatment