Pre-operative immunotherapy triggers encouraging response in oral cancers

(American Society for Radiation Oncology) A new clinical trial suggests that immunotherapy given before other treatments for oral cavity cancers can elicit an immune response that shrinks tumors, which could provide long-term benefit for patients. In the randomized trial, two neoadjuvant doses of nivolumab given with or without ipilimumab led to complete or partial tumor shrinkage in most cases and did not delay any patients from continuing on to standard treatment. Findings will be presented at the 2020 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancers Symposium.

Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - February 27, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news