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Podcast: PeerView Clinical Pharmacology CME/CNE/CPE Video
Episode: Yelena Y. Janjigian, MD - Moving the Treatment of Advanced Gastroesophageal Cancers Forward: How Can We Maximize the Benefits of Novel Immunotherapy Approaches?
Description: Go online to PeerView.com/NTS860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. Recently approved immunotherapy options have revolutionized the treatment of patients with advanced gastroesophageal cancers (eg, gastric adenocarcinoma, gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, esophageal adenocarcinoma, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma [ESCC]), which have traditionally been associated with poor outcomes due to late detection, high heterogeneity, and limited response to chemotherapy and targeted treatments. With clinical trials validating the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibition across multiple lines of therapy and regardless of PD-L1 expression, nivolumab and pembrolizumab have become standards of care in...