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SUBMITTER: Diaz LA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9533375 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

The Lancet. Oncology 20220412 5
<h4>Background</h4>Pembrolizumab has shown improved progression-free survival versus chemotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair-deficient metastatic colorectal cancer. However, the treatment's effect on overall survival in this cohort of patients was unknown. Here, we present the final overall survival analysis of the KEYNOTE-177 study.<h4>Methods</h4>This randomised, open-label, phase 3 study was done in 193 academic medical centres and hosp ...[more]