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Thierry André, MD, on Mismatch Repair–Deficient Solid Cancers: Safety and Efficacy of Dostarlimab

2021 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

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Thierry André, MD, of Hôpital Saint-Antoine, discusses results from the GARNET study, which showed that dostarlimab, an anti–PD-1 antibody, demonstrated durable antitumor activity in patients with mismatch repair–deficient colorectal and noncolorectal solid tumors. No new safety signals were detected, and most treatment-related adverse events were of a low grade (Abstract 9).



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