CheckMate649 5-Year Follow-Up, Study Design, and Efficacy Results

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Panelists discuss how the CheckMate649 study was a randomized trial that compared nivolumab plus FOLFOX (leucovorin, fluorouracil, oxaliplatin) chemotherapy with chemotherapy alone for treating advanced gastric cancer, gastroesophageal junction cancer, and esophageal adenocarcinoma. The study results found that nivolumab plus chemotherapy improved overall survival and progression-free survival compared with chemotherapy alone.

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