Paul Nghiem, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (IMAGE)
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"Merkel cell carcinoma often responds to chemotherapy, but the responses are transient. Prior studies have shown that most patient's tumors have progressed by three months from starting chemotherapy, and over 90 percent of patients develop progressive disease within 10 months. In the pembrolizumab trial, 86 percent of patients who responded are still experiencing excellent disease control more than six months after starting therapy," said Dr. Paul Nghiem, affiliate investigator of the Clinical Research Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, and professor of medicine, Division of Dermatology at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
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