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Editorial
. 2020 Jun;9(3):811-815.
doi: 10.21037/tlcr.2020.01.14.

The prospect of combination therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors and chemotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the lung

Yoshinobu Ichiki  1   2 , Takashi Fukuyama  3 , Kozo Nakanishi  1
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Editorial

The prospect of combination therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors and chemotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the lung

Yoshinobu Ichiki et al. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2020 Jun.
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Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tlcr.2020.01.14). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Comment on

  • Pembrolizumab plus Chemotherapy for Squamous Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.
    Paz-Ares L, Luft A, Vicente D, Tafreshi A, Gümüş M, Mazières J, Hermes B, Çay Şenler F, Csőszi T, Fülöp A, Rodríguez-Cid J, Wilson J, Sugawara S, Kato T, Lee KH, Cheng Y, Novello S, Halmos B, Li X, Lubiniecki GM, Piperdi B, Kowalski DM; KEYNOTE-407 Investigators. Paz-Ares L, et al. N Engl J Med. 2018 Nov 22;379(21):2040-2051. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1810865. Epub 2018 Sep 25. N Engl J Med. 2018. PMID: 30280635 Clinical Trial.

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