Immunotherapy Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer

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This video examines the role of immunotherapy in pancreatic cancer, highlighting the resistance to novel treatments in this setting and trials attempting to confront this problem.

In this video, Gregory L. Beatty, MD, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania, discusses the role of immunotherapy in pancreatic cancer, highlighting the resistance to novel treatments in this setting, and how trials are being designed to confront this problem.

Beatty gave a presentation on this subject at the 2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, held last month in Chicago.

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