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What is your preferred second-line agent for treatment of metastatic urothelial carcinoma?

And how should we compare checkpoint inhibitors? Given the FDA approval of atezolizumab and nivolumab as second-line agents for metastatic urothelial carcinoma (based on results from single-arm studies) and the recently reported positive data on pembrolizumab (based on the randomized phase III KEYNOTE-045), there are now at least two and potentially more immune checkpoint inhibitor options for patients with metastatic urothelial cancer.
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Medical Oncology · University of Washington School of Medicine
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Great question, currently only atezolizumab and nivolumab are FDA-approved in this setting. Overall, there are several parameters to take into account (by the way, I suggest a recent review on ASCO "value-based care", which is creating a framework and parameters for the evaluation of cancer drugs ut...

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