Ravi Uppaluri, MDPhD (@druppaluri) 's Twitter Profile
Ravi Uppaluri, MDPhD

@druppaluri

Director, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Chief of Otolaryngology, Brigham and Women’s and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

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Oncology News Central (@oncnewscentral) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#KEYNOTE689: Adding #Pembrolizumab before and after surgery significantly improves EFS in resectable LA-HNSCC. A potential new standard of care after 20+ years of stagnation. bit.ly/4cVzF0j #LARVOL #AACR25 #HNSCC #CancerResearch Ravi Uppaluri, MDPhD

Dana-Farber News (@danafarbernews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As #HeadAndNeckCancer Month comes to a close, we reflect on the exciting phase 3 clinical trial results shared by Dana-Farber's Ravi Uppaluri, MDPhD in AJMC showing significantly extended event-free survival for patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer. Robert Haddad

As #HeadAndNeckCancer Month comes to a close, we reflect on the exciting phase 3 clinical trial results shared by <a href="/DanaFarber/">Dana-Farber</a>'s <a href="/DrUppaluri/">Ravi Uppaluri, MDPhD</a> in <a href="/AJMC_Journal/">AJMC</a> showing significantly extended event-free survival for patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer. <a href="/DrHaddadRobert/">Robert Haddad</a>
HemOnc Today (@hemonctoday) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“It’s really exciting. It’s a new frontier for our patients.” Ravi Uppaluri, MDPhD of Dana-Farber discussed data from KEYNOTE-689 trial that showed KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) significantly extended EFS for patients with advanced HNSCC. AACR Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School bit.ly/3YPEsdE

R. Bryan Bell, MD, DDS, FACS, FRCS(Ed) (@rbryanbell) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you are attending AHNS, please join Dr. Stephen Lai & me this evening (Wed) in Celestin E at 6:15pm for updates on NRG Oncology HN006 AND to hear PRACTICE CHANGING data from Keynote 689, the Ph3 trial of perioperative pembrolizumab recently presented AACR by Ravi Uppaluri, MDPhD

If you are attending <a href="/AHNSinfo/">AHNS</a>, please join Dr. Stephen Lai &amp; me this evening (Wed) in Celestin E at 6:15pm for updates on <a href="/NRGonc/">NRG Oncology</a> HN006 AND to hear PRACTICE CHANGING data from Keynote 689, the Ph3 trial of perioperative pembrolizumab recently presented <a href="/AACR/">AACR</a> by <a href="/DrUppaluri/">Ravi Uppaluri, MDPhD</a>
R. Bryan Bell, MD, DDS, FACS, FRCS(Ed) (@rbryanbell) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Boom!💥 ⁦FDA⁩ approves neoadjuvant and adjuvant pembrolizumab for resectable locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, ushering in a new standard of care for the first time in decades. fda.gov/drugs/resource…

Neil D. Gross, MD, FACS (@drneilgross) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The standard of care has finally changed for patients with resectable head and neck #cancer!! Congratulations Ravi Uppaluri, MDPhD and all the #KN-689 investigators. fda.gov/drugs/resource…

Ravi Uppaluri, MDPhD (@druppaluri) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thanks Gopal Iyer !!! Has been quite a journey from an idea we had in the early 2010s to change standard of care (with DAdkins at WashU as a partner on all this work)- exciting news for our patients.

Dana-Farber News (@danafarbernews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#BREAKING The FDA has approved pembrolizumab as the first new standard-of-care treatment for patients with resectable locally advanced #HeadandNeck cancer in 20+ years. Approval based on the pivotal KEYNOTE-689 trial led by Ravi Uppaluri, MDPhD of the Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center.

#BREAKING The <a href="/FDA/">FDA</a> has approved pembrolizumab as the first new standard-of-care treatment for patients with resectable locally advanced #HeadandNeck cancer in 20+ years. Approval based on the pivotal KEYNOTE-689 trial led by <a href="/DrUppaluri/">Ravi Uppaluri, MDPhD</a> of the <a href="/DanaFarber/">Dana-Farber</a> Brigham Cancer Center.
AACR (@aacr) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The results of the KEYNOTE-689 trial that served as the basis for this approval were recently presented by Ravi Uppaluri, MDPhD of @HarvardMed and Brigham and Women's Hospital at #AACR25. Read more about the trial results on the #AACRBlog: aacr.org/blog/2025/04/3…

Jay Piccirillo, MD (@piccirillojay) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exciting news in the head and neck cancer space. KEYNOTE-689 resulted in the first FDA approval for patients with HNSCC in 6 years. Congrats to Ravi Uppaluri, MDPhD, Doug Adkins, and the rest of the team worldwide. fda.gov/drugs/resource…

The ASCO Post (@ascopost) 's Twitter Profile Photo

FDA approves pembrolizumab for resectable, locally advanced HNSCC based on KEYNOTE‑689. Led by Dr. Ravindra Uppaluri Ravi Uppaluri, MDPhD, the study showed a 30% drop in recurrence risk. Full details from The ASCO Post: ascopost.com/news/june-2025… #HNSCC #Oncology

FDA approves pembrolizumab for resectable, locally advanced HNSCC based on KEYNOTE‑689. Led by Dr. Ravindra Uppaluri <a href="/DrUppaluri/">Ravi Uppaluri, MDPhD</a>, the study showed a 30% drop in recurrence risk. Full details from The ASCO Post: ascopost.com/news/june-2025… #HNSCC #Oncology