FDA Grants Nivolumab Priority Review in Head and Neck Cancer

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In this Medical News Minute, developed exclusively for Cancer Network, Dr. Bobby Lazzara discusses the recent priority review of nivolumab for use in metastatic head and neck cancer.

In this Medical News Minute, developed exclusively for Cancer Network, Dr. Bobby Lazzara discusses the recent priority review of nivolumab for use in recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer, based on results of the CheckMate-141 study.

The study found that nivolumab improved overall survival (7.5 vs 5.1 months) over investigator’s choice.

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