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Based on KEYNOTE-811, would you add pembrolizumab for HER2+ distal esophageal adenocarcinoma with new supraclavicular lymph nodes if treated previously with concurrent chemoradiation and PD-L1 CPS of 3?

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Medical Oncology · Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at Menorah Medical Center
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There are a few important pieces of information needed to make a good therapeutic decision in this case:

  1. Age and comorbidities of the patient, performance status.
  2. Duration of progression free interval since finishing Chemo-Rads.
  3. What kind of imaging is done to assess extent of disease.

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Medical Oncology · Mayo Clinic
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There has been an explosion of new positive data in gastroesophageal cancer and keeping up with the data has been dizzying. The KEYNOTE-811 data established CAPEOX + trastuzumab + pembrolizumab (regardless of PD-L1 CPS status) as the standard of care for HER-2 positive disease. The data that the que...

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