hyperprogressive disease

Hyperprogression in NSCLC Patients With PD-1/PD-L1 Inhibitors Bookmark

Excerpt from Cancer Network:

“Hyperprogressive disease (HPD) occurred more commonly among patients with pretreated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) receiving PD-1 (programmed cell death protein 1)/PD-L1 (ligand 1) inhibitors than in patients treated with chemotherapy, according to the results of a study published in JAMA Oncology.

“Among those patients with hyperprogressive disease – defined as disease progression at first evaluation with a variation per month exceeding 50% – treated with immunotherapy there was a higher metastatic burden and poorer prognosis, compared with patients without hyperprogressive disease.”

Go to full article published by Cancer Network on Sep 21, 2018.

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