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The evolution of durvalumab in NSCLC care

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Durvalumab is ‘promising step forward’ The latest approval from the MHRA is based on positive data from the AEGEAN Phase III trial in rNSCLC , which showed that durvalumab-based treatment before and after surgery reduced the risk of recurrence, progression events or death by 32% versus neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone.

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Daily steps AI model able to predict unplanned hospitalisation during chemo-radiation

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

The potential consequences of these visits might include interruption of chemotherapy, and this may impact on cancer therapy outcomes. In fact, such unplanned visits are not uncommon and in one study of 402 study participants, 20% experienced an ED visit, and 18% experienced a hospital admission while receiving cancer treatment.