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Wednesday, 14. August 2024

Immunotherapy for Microsatellite-Stable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Can we close the Gap between Potential and Practice?


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Dr Therese Lentner from the Division of Internal Medicine 1 at KL University Hospital St. Pölten is co-author of a study on the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in matastatic colorectal cancer. The study compares the efficacy of the therapy in patients who are microsatellite stable or exhibit an microsatellire instability status.The paper has been published open access in the journal "Current Oncology Reports".

Hamid, MA, Pammer, LM, Lentner, TK, Doleschal, B, Gruber, R, Kocher, F, Gasser, E, Jöbstl, A, Seeber, A & Amann, A 2024, 'Immunotherapy for Microsatellite-Stable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Can we close the Gap between Potential and Practice?', Current Oncology Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11912-024-01583-w

Theresa Lentner, Oncologist-in-training

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