Neoadjuvant immunotherapy: a promising new standard of care

E Boydell, JL Sandoval, O Michielin, M Obeid… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Neoadjuvant immunotherapy has emerged as a promising approach in the treatment of
various malignancies, with preclinical studies showing improved immune responses in the …

Clinical trials of neoadjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitors for early-stage operable colon and rectal cancer

T Veen, A Kanani, D Lea, K Søreide - Cancer Immunology …, 2023 - Springer
Background Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have become first-line treatment for
metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) with deficient mismatch repair (dMMR). Despite the …

Locally advanced rectal cancer with dMMR/MSI-H may be excused from surgery after neoadjuvant anti-PD-1 monotherapy: a multiple-center, cohort study

R Yang, T Wu, J Yu, X Cai, G Li, X Li, W Huang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Objective Examine patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) with deficient
mismatch repair (dMMR) or microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) who received neoadjuvant …

Future direction of total neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced rectal cancer

Y Kagawa, JJ Smith, E Fokas, J Watanabe… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Despite therapeutic advancements, disease-free survival and overall survival of patients
with locally advanced rectal cancer have not improved in most trials as a result of distant …

Pathologic evaluation of therapeutic biomarkers in colorectal adenocarcinoma

E Baranov, JA Nowak - Surgical Pathology Clinics, 2023 - surgpath.theclinics.com
Molecular testing is an essential component of the pathologic evaluation of colorectal
carcinoma providing diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive therapeutic information …

Image-based consensus molecular subtyping in rectal cancer biopsies and response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

MW Lafarge, E Domingo, K Sirinukunwattana… - NPJ precision …, 2024 - nature.com
The development of deep learning (DL) models to predict the consensus molecular
subtypes (CMS) from histopathology images (imCMS) is a promising and cost-effective …

Multi-omics reveals the immunological features and the immune checkpoint blockade potential of colorectal medullary carcinoma

C Liu, H Zou, Y Ruan, L Fang, B Wang… - Clinical Cancer …, 2024 - aacrjournals.org
Purpose: Colorectal medullary carcinoma is extensive lymphocyte infiltration and associated
with an active immune response. However, studies to comprehensively explore the immune …

Total neoadjuvant treatment and organ preservation strategies in the management of localized rectal cancer: A narrative review and evidence-based algorithm

B Borelli, MM Germani, M Carullo, R Mattioni… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The multimodal approach with total mesorectal excision preceded by neoadjuvant (chemo)
radiotherapy represented the mainstay treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) …

Strategies to optimize treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer

X Hu, Z Xue, K He, Y Tian, Y Chen, M Zhao, J Yu, J Yue - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) is a group of highly
heterogeneous tumors. According to the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) …

Targeting Liver Metastases to Potentiate Immunotherapy in MS-Stable Colorectal Cancer—A Review of the Literature

O Zlotnik, L Krzywon, J Bloom, J Kalil, I Altubi, A Lazaris… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Immunotherapy is an innovative treatment that is highly effective against
certain cancers, such as skin and lung cancer. However, for colorectal cancer, one of the …