Pashtoon Kasi: Can Treg Depletion Activate the Immune Response in MSS Colorectal Tumors?
Pashtoon Kasi/LinkedIn

Pashtoon Kasi: Can Treg Depletion Activate the Immune Response in MSS Colorectal Tumors?

Pashtoon Kasi, Medical Director of GI Medical Oncology at City of Hope Orange County, shared on LinkedIn:

“Nest Trial

Lesson 6: The immune-suppressive milieu – mechanistic insights

Tregs crowd the ‘cold’ MSS colorectal tumor.

With BOT/BAL we are seeing Treg depletion + multi-arm immune activation within weeks – ongoing in NEST3 (Orion panel).”

Title: Neoadjuvant Botensilimab/Balstilimab for localized mismatch repair proficient and deficient colon cancer: Results of the NEST phase 2 clinical trial

Authors: Manish A. Shah, Erika Hissong, Mehraneh D. Jafari, Pashtoon Murtaza. Kasi, Maider Astorkia, Sahrish Khan, Casey Owens, Zhengming Chen, Heather Yeo, Fabio Socciarelli, Sandipto Sarkar, Alana Nguyen, Despina Siolas, Allyson Ocean, Kelly Garrett, Lea Lowenfeld, Alessio Pigazzi, Preethi Guniganti, Sanjay Patel, Doron Betel, Manuel Hidalgo.

Read the Full Article.

 

Pashtoon Kasi: Can Treg Depletion Activate the Immune Response in MSS Colorectal Tumors?

Other articles featuring Pashtoon Kasi on OncoDaily.