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How do you sequence systemic therapies for recurrent/metastatic head/neck cancer following the recent approval of pembrolizumab?

Do HPV and/or PD-L1 status influence your decision making?
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Medical Oncology · University of Michigan Medical School
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We currently do not have any available predictive biomarker to inform us on which patients will respond to PD-1 inhibitors based on recently presented data. This work remains investigational. Hence, we do not check PD-1 status to determine whether or not patients should receive immunotherapy.

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