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Media Outlet: ASCO Post

Novel Immunotherapy Combination Shows Activity in Microsatellite-Stable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

In heavily pretreated patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who have microsatellite-stable tumors, the novel combination of the monoclonal antibodies botensilimab and balstilimab showed clinical activity, producing durable responses and an estimated 63% overall survival rate at 12 months, according to a phase Ia/IIb study reported at the 2023 ASCO GI Cancers Symposium.

Combination of Botensilimab and Balstilimab Shows Activity in Patients With Metastatic Microsatellite-Stable Colorectal Cancer

A combination of the next-generation immunotherapies botensilimab and balstilimab showed clinical activity in treating patients with refractory metastatic microsatellite-stable (MSS) colorectal cancer, according to new findings presented by El-Khoueiry et al at the 2023 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium (Abstract LBA8).

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