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FDA approves the first treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, a rare cancer that originates in the nasopharynx. The drug (toripalimab-tpzi) is a next-generation, programmed death receptor-1 monoclonal antibody. Because of the tumor's location (behind the nose), surgery is not usually an option.


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