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Association details:
Biomarker:MSI-H/dMMR
Cancer:Rectal Cancer
Drug:Keytruda (pembrolizumab) (PD1 inhibitor)
Direction:Sensitive
Evidence:
Evidence Level:
Sensitive: A2 - Guideline
Source:
Published date:
12/20/2020
Excerpt:
Rectal cancer:.Primary treatment...Consider ([nivolumab ± ipilimumab] or pembrolizumab [preferred]) (dMMR/MSI-H only)
Evidence Level:
Sensitive: C1 - Off-label
  (Approved for Small Intestinal Carcinoma)
New
Title:

European Commission Approves Merck’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) for Patients With Microsatellite Instability-High (MSI-H) or Deficient Mismatch Repair (dMMR) Tumors in Five Different Types of Cancer

Excerpt:
Merck...announced that the European Commission has approved KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, as monotherapy for the treatment of microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or deficient mismatch repair (dMMR) tumors in adults with...unresectable or metastatic gastric, small intestine or biliary cancer, who have disease progression on or following at least one prior therapy.