Atezolizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody used to prevent the interaction of PD-L1 and PD-1, removing inhibition of immune responses seen in some cancers. This medication is reserved for patients whose tumors express PD-L1, cannot receive platinum-based chemotherapy, or whose tumors do not respond to platinum-based chemotherapy. Atezolizumab was granted FDA approval on 18 October 2016. In November 2022, the manufacturer (Genentech) voluntarily withdrew the use of atezolizumab for the treatment of urothelial carcinoma, previously approved under the FDA's Accelerated Approval Program. The rest of atezolizumab indications remain unaffected.
Atezolizumab has approved indications for the following conditions:
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC)
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
Melanoma
Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma (ASPS)
Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Duke Cancer Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States
City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte, California, United States
Cancer Center of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, China
Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
SCRI Florida Cancer Specialists PAN, Tallahassee, Florida, United States
MD Anderson Cancer Center; Oncology, Houston, Texas, United States
Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
First Hospital of China Medical University; Surgery, Shenyang City, China
Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, Tianjin, China
Chu - Hôpital François Mitterrand, Dijon, France
Chu - Hôpital Sud, Amiens, France
Privé - Cac - Centre Eugène Marquis, Rennes, France
Sansum Clinic, Santa Barbara, California, United States
Texas Oncology-Medical City Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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