Back to search

Article

Study Protocol of A Phase II Study to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of Neo-adjuvant Pembrolizumab and Radiotherapy in Localized Rectal Cancer

2021-11-01

Abstract excerpt

<h4>Background</h4> Reshaping the tumor microenvironment by novel immunotherapies represents a key strategy to improve the treatment of cancers. Nevertheless, responsiveness to these treatments is often correlated with the extent of the T cell infiltration at the tumor site. Remarkably, microsatellite stable rectal cancer is characterized by poor infiltration and, therefore, do not respond to immune checkpoint blo...

Topics

Open a Topic to create a Post that cites this publication.

Identifiers and source

Literature Corpus work
3215dd99-2f33-5240-af10-0071502f879c
DOI
10.1101/2021.10.31.21265647
Open publication

Related research

Semantic proximity does not establish scientific evidence.

Click a neighbor to travelStep 1 · 12 closest
Interactive article relationship graphSelect a related publication card to move it into the centre and load its closest explainable connections. Solid lines are source-backed structured connections. Dashed lines are semantic discovery signals and are not scientific evidence.
Study Protocol of A Phase II Study to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of Neo-adjuvant Pembrolizumab and Radiotherapy in Localized Rectal CancerDOI 10.1101/2021.10.31.21265647
Select a neighboring publication to make it the new centre.