What Conditions Does Keytruda Treat?

Keytruda has earned Cục Quản lý Thực phẩm và Dược phẩm approval for 19 types of cancer.

Ung thư vú

With inoperable breast cancers, physicians use Keytruda as a component in combination therapies. Where surgery is possible, doctors use this medication as a postoperative adjuvant treatment.

Ung thư da

For the most serious type of skin cancer known as melanoma, physicians prescribe Keytruda as either a monotherapy or adjuvant. With cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and Merkel cell carcinoma, doctors use Keytruda as a monotherapy.

Ung thư phổi

With non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), doctors usually combine Keytruda with chemotherapy agents such as pemetrexed, carboplatin or paclitaxel. Keytruda may also be used as monotherapy in those patients who express a protein called PD-L1 on their cancer cells. It is also used as an adjuvant following resection of specific tumors.

U lympho

With blood cancers such as classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma or primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma, doctors use Keytruda as a monotherapy after other treatments have failed.

Organ Cancers

With cancers of the bladder, liver, colon, and rectum, physicians use Keytruda as a monotherapy. For stomach cancer, esophageal carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, cervical cancer, and renal cell carcinoma, doctors use Keytruda as a monotherapy or in combination therapy, depending on individual patient circumstances.