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Efficacy and safety of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 in combination with chemotherapy or not as first-line treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Liming WangYifan YangJiangyong YuShuai ZhangXu LiXiaonan WuXin NieWenbo LiuPing ZhangYi LiAiling LiBin Ai
Published in: Thoracic cancer (2021)
In the first-line treatment, chemotherapy plus pembrolizumab or atezolizumab could enhance efficacy compared with chemotherapy alone or other PD-1/L1-based treatment strategies, especially in the nonsquamous population. Furthermore, pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy guarantees reliable security simultaneously, which may be the optimal treatment strategy for patients with major advanced NSCLC.
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