New Approved Use for Keytruda

Am J Nurs. 2022 Jul 1;122(7):26-27. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000842244.43543.52.

Abstract

Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) is now approved as a single agent to treat advanced endometrial carcinoma that is microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair deficient in those whose disease has progressed following prior systemic therapy in any setting and who are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation.

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / therapeutic use
  • DNA Mismatch Repair*
  • Endometrial Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Endometrial Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Microsatellite Instability

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • pembrolizumab