Bowel cancer “melted away” after immunotherapy, then stayed away
A short course of immunotherapy before surgery may offer remarkably durable protection for some patients with stage two or three bowel cancer.
ScienceDaily reports that a short course of immunotherapy before surgery may offer remarkably durable protection for some patients with stage two or three bowel cancer.
In the NEOPRISM-CRC trial, 32 patients with a specific genetic form of bowel cancer received pembrolizumab for up to nine weeks before surgery instead of the usual post-surgery chemotherapy.
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