PD-1 Inhibitor Bests Chemo for Colorectal Cancer

Cancer Discov. 2020 Jul;10(7):OF2. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-NB2020-051. Epub 2020 Jun 1.

Abstract

Findings from the KEYNOTE-177 study indicate that pembrolizumab is superior to the current standard of care, significantly improving progression-free survival when deployed up front to treat patients with metastatic DNA mismatch repair/microsatellite instability-high colorectal cancer.