Arjun V. Balar, MD, walks through the patient discussion when weighing the use of pembrolizumab (Keytruda).
In this video, Arjun V. Balar, MD, explains what a urologist should look for or consider regarding tumor and patient characteristics when deciding on use of pembrolizumab in patients with BCG-unresponsive, high-risk non–muscle invasive bladder cancer. Balar is associate professor of medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and genitourinary medical oncology program director at NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York.
KIM-1 emerges as biomarker for MRD, atezolizumab benefit in renal cell carcinoma
June 3rd 2024Circulating kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) may be a biomarker for minimal residual disease, disease recurrence, and benefit from adjuvant atezolizumab in patients with renal cell carcinoma at increased risk of recurrence, according to a retrospective analysis of the phase 3 IMmotion010 trial.