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Pembrolizumab + Chemotherapy Beneficial in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

In previous research, pembrolizumab has shown potential as a treatment for patients with triple-negative breast cancer.

The results of the KEYNOTE-355 trial, evaluating pembrolizumab in combination with chemotherapy, were presented at the 2020 ASCO Virtual Annual Meeting.

Lead study author Javier Cortes, MD, PhD, of the IOB Institute of Oncology told MD/ alert, that the trial results could eventually lead to the combination therapy being the new standard of care for triple negative breast cancer.

“The role of immunotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer seems to be more and more obvious with time, and the addition of chemotherapy makes a lot of sense because of the ability to release a number of mutations that might be seen by the immune system,” Dr Cortes said. “It’s also well known that many triple-negative breast cancer patients express PDL1+, which is one of the most important targets in terms of the immune checkpoint inhibitors.”

By Adam Hochron


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