‘Unprecedented’ 100% of First 14 Untreated Patients With Rectal Cancer Respond to PD-1 Blocker Dostarlimab-gxly

In a remarkable new study, covered in this article from The ASCO Post, 100% of 14 previously untreated patients with mismatch repair-deficient rectal cancer had complete responses—that is, no more signs of their cancer—after treatment with the checkpoint-inhibitor drug dostarlimab (brand name Jemperli) in a phase 2 clinical trial.

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