Overall Survival with Pembrolizumab in Early-Stage Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Abstract

Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab resulted in a significant improvement, as compared with neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone, in overall survival among patients with early-stage triple-negative breast cancer. (Funded by Merck Sharp and Dohme, a subsidiary of Merck [Rahway, NJ]; KEYNOTE-522 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03036488.).