Al's Comment:

 I posted this a while ago when it was presented at the SNO meeting but it was just published so I am posting it again. One of the more important papers of the year. They were able to double survival just by starting the pembrolizumab (Keytruda) before surgery instead of after surgery the way it was always tried in the past.  This is important enough to print out and save it - if you ever need a brain tumor surgery ask your doctors about starting Keytruda before the surgery. Show them the article.


Posted on: 02/12/2019

Neoadjuvant anti-PD-1 immunotherapy promotes a survival benefit with intratumoral and systemic immune responses in recurrent glioblastoma.

 


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