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Extrapolating from KEYNOTE-A18, would you consider adding pembrolizumab to chemoradiation for locally advanced vulvar cancer?

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Do you plan to add immunotherapy to chemoradiation for locally advanced vulvar cancer, extrapolating from the results of KEYNOTE-A18?

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Gynecologic Oncology · Baylor College of Medicine
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This is a very interesting and important question.

Although we have no prospective data on vulvar cancer regarding this question, our treatments have invariably paralleled the cervix. PD-L1 expression is estimated to be ~50%. Similarly, in KEYNOTE-158, RR in PD-L1 + cervix cohort was 15%, while in t...

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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I would not add IO as part of chemo RT for cancer of the vulva. It’s not the same as cervical cancer with around 30-70% HPV positive depending on demographics. We need prospective data in this setting before a change in practice.

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