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Novel antibody helps patients with advanced gastric cancer live longer

2016 ASCO Annual Meeting

Published: 5 Jun 2016

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Prof Salah-Eddin Al-Batran - University Cancer Center, Frankfurt, Germany

Prof Al-Batran talks to ecancertv at ASCO 2016 about findings from a European phase II study which showed that the novel, first-in-class antibody IMAB362 can significantly extend median survival when added to standard chemotherapy (13.2 months vs. 8.4 months) for patients with advanced gastric cancer.

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