“Keytruda is not for everyone,” says Dr. Anna Pavlick, Professor of Medicine and Dermatology at NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center. She often has patients request the immunotherapy drug in response to a commercial they’ve seen. However, it can be an effective immunotherapy, but in certain patients it may cause severe immune-related adverse effects. Some patients might need something stronger (or lighter) depending on a number of factors including where the melanoma is and how fast it’s spreading.
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