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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:
    NCCN
    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)
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    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.