TREATMENT OF LUNG CANCER USING A COMBINATION OF AN ANTI-PD-1 ANTIBODY AND ANOTHER ANTI-CANCER AGENT

Abstract

This disclosure provides a method for treating a subject afflicted with a lung cancer, which method comprises administering to the subject therapeutically effective amounts of: (a) an anti-cancer agent which is an antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof that specifically binds to a Programmed Death-1 (PD-1) receptor and inhibits PD-1 activity which can be administered by infusion for less than 60 minutes; and, optionally, (b) another anti-cancer agent which is administered by infusion for less than 90 minutes. The other anti-cancer agent can be an anti-Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Antigen-4 (CTLA-4) antibody.

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