Neoadjuvant immune checkpoint blockade: a window of opportunity to advance cancer immunotherapy

SL Topalian, PM Forde, LA Emens, M Yarchoan… - Cancer cell, 2023 - cell.com
Among new treatment approaches for patients with cancer, few have accelerated as quickly
as neoadjuvant immune checkpoint blockade (ICB). Neoadjuvant cancer therapy is …

Tumor-agnostic drug development in dMMR/MSI-H solid tumors

D Bhamidipati, V Subbiah - Trends in Cancer, 2023 - cell.com
Mismatch repair deficiency (dMMR) or microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) represents a
distinct phenotype among solid tumors characterized by frequent frameshift mutations …

Clinical application of circulating tumour DNA in colorectal cancer

M Loft, YH To, P Gibbs, J Tie - The Lancet Gastroenterology & …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Liquid biopsies that detect circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) have the potential to
revolutionise the personalised management of colorectal cancer. For patients with early …

Neoadjuvant nivolumab and relatlimab in locally advanced MMR-deficient colon cancer: a phase 2 trial

PGM de Gooyer, YL Verschoor… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Mismatch repair deficiency (dMMR) is found in approximately 15% of non-metastatic colon
cancers (CCs) and is characterized by a defective DNA mismatch repair system, resulting in …

Immunotherapy for colorectal cancer with high microsatellite instability: the ongoing search for biomarkers

J Ros, I Baraibar, N Saoudi, M Rodriguez, F Salvà… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Immunotherapy has reshaped the prognosis of several tumor types. In
metastatic colorectal cancer, only tumors with microsatellite instability or mismatch repair …

Pembrolizumab in patients with tumors with high tumor mutational burden: results from the targeted agent and profiling utilization registry study

HL Duvivier, M Rothe, PK Mangat… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE The Targeted Agent and Profiling Utilization Registry (TAPUR) Study is a
pragmatic basket trial evaluating antitumor activity of approved targeted agents in patients …

Outcome of patients with early-stage mismatch repair deficient colorectal cancer receiving neoadjuvant immunotherapy: A systematic review

S Chakrabarti, US Grewal, KB Vora, AR Parikh… - JCO Precision …, 2023 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE We conducted a systematic review to evaluate the outcome of patients with early-
stage (stages I-III) mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) colorectal cancer (CRC) receiving …

Neoadjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for localized deficient mismatch repair colorectal cancer: A review

OE Emiloju, FA Sinicrope - JAMA oncology, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Colorectal cancers (CRCs) with deficient DNA mismatch repair (dMMR) account
for 15% of all CRCs. Deficient MMR is a predictive biomarker associated with …

Neoadjuvant immunotherapy for dMMR and pMMR colorectal cancers: therapeutic strategies and putative biomarkers of response

CJM Williams, AM Peddle, PM Kasi… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Approximately 15% of locally advanced colorectal cancers (CRC) have DNA mismatch
repair deficiency (dMMR), resulting in high microsatellite instability and a high tumour …

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for early-stage colon cancer

A Audisio, R Fazio, V Daprà, I Assaf, A Hendlisz… - Cancer Treatment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Surgery with or without adjuvant chemotherapy is the standard treatment for early-stage
colon cancer. However, evidence has recently emerged for neoadjuvant chemotherapy, with …