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Pashtoon Kasi: Are we on the verge of a new drug combo for colorectal cancer?
Sep 21, 2023, 11:16

Pashtoon Kasi: Are we on the verge of a new drug combo for colorectal cancer?

Pashtoon Kasi, the Director of Colon Cancer Research at Weill Cornell Medicine, shared on X/Twitter:

“Forbes Published today!
Are we on the verge of a new drug combo for colorectal cancer?
Read more about our work on this immunotherapy called the BOT (Botensilimab).
We describe this “inside-out” wave of regression by immune cells.
Here’s the full text to the article in Oncogene Journal, Nature.
Herein, we describe the “inside-out” (serosa-to-mucosa) pattern of response seen with neoadjuvant BOT alongside BAL in patients with pMMR/MSS colon and rectal cancer.
Pashtoon Kasi: Are we on the verge of a new drug combo for colorectal cancer?
brief animation summarizing the immune REGRESSION. regression /rɪˈɡrɛʃn,ˌriːˈɡrɛʃn/- noun.
1. a return to a former or less developed state.
This is the kind of “mop-up” we are seeing.
Pashtoon Kasi: Are we on the verge of a new drug combo for colorectal cancer?
We enrolled 12 at a rapid pace & completed within ~3 months. The study already now expanding to 2 additional cohorts to study dosing, timing and/or need for surgery. Cohort A results to be unveiled at an upcoming meeting.
Pattern of regression is intriguing.
Pashtoon Kasi: Are we on the verge of a new drug combo for colorectal cancer?

Here are the detailed results for Open Access.
“Neoadjuvant botensilimab plus balstilimab response pattern in locally advanced mismatch repair proficient colorectal cancer.”
NEST-01 Clinical Trial. ”

For details click here.
Source: Pashtoon Kasi/Twitter