ReviewCancers2023
Immunotherapy for Colorectal Cancer with High Microsatellite Instability: The Ongoing Search for Biomarkers.
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- Heating the Cold: Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance in Microsatellite-Stable Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- First-Line Immunotherapy Versus Chemotherapy in MSI-H/dMMR Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Phase III Studies.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2026Pooled it
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- Clinical translation of an immunomodulatory cell therapy that is designed to convert "cold" tumors to "hot": A phase 2B trial in 3L MSS/pMMR metastatic colorectal cancer.Translational oncology · 2026Article
- Interrogating the immune landscape of microsatellite stable RAS-mutated colon cancer.Molecular oncology · 2026Article
- Metastatic Odyssey: Decoding the Genomic Journey from Primary Colorectal Cancer to Disseminated Disease.Cancers · 2026Review
- Emerging Molecular Insights and Targeted Therapeutics in Colorectal Cancer: From Emerging Approaches to Personalized Medicine.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2026Review
- Cancer evolution and multi-omic profile of relapsed colorectal liver metastases after treatment.Genome medicine · 2026Article
- Construction of a prognostic model based on protein post-translational modification genes for prediction of immune characteristics and therapeutic response in hepatocellular carcinoma.Discover oncology · 2026Article
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- Association between serum uric acid levels and clinical outcomes of immunotherapy in advanced colorectal cancer patients.BMC cancer · 2026Article
- Application value of CT-based extracellular volume fraction in assessing microsatellite status in colorectal cancer.American journal of translational research · 2026Article
- Immune-related deubiquitylation spectrum of microsatellite stability colorectal cancer reveals USP7 as a potential immunotherapeutic target.Molecular cancer · 2025Article
- Tumor-Draining Lymph Node-Targeted Electrochemotherapy: A Hypothesis for In Situ Cancer Vaccination.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Spontaneous colonic transection following pathologic complete response to pembrolizumab in high microsatellite instability colorectal cancer: A case report and review of literature.World journal of clinical cases · 2025Article
- Prognostic importance of CD47 expression on survival of colorectal cancer.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Cetuximab increases LGR5 expression and augments LGR5-targeting antibody-drug conjugate efficacy in patient-derived colorectal cancer models.Cell reports. Medicine · 2025Article
- Cetuximab increases LGR5 expression and augments LGR5-targeting antibody-drug conjugate efficacy in patient-derived colorectal cancer models.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- The Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Colorectal Cancer Initiation and Progression: Perspectives on Theranostic Approaches.Cancers · 2025Review
- Targeting SLC4A4: A Novel Approach in Colorectal Cancer Drug Repurposing.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Microsatellite instability (MSI) is a biological condition associated with inflamed tumors, high tumor mutational burden (TMB), and responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors. In colorectal cancer (CRC), MSI tumors are found in 5% of patients in the metastatic setting and 15% in early-stage disease. Following the impressive clinical activity of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the metastatic setting, associated with deep and long-lasting responses, the development of immune checkpoint inhibitors has expanded to early-stage disease. Several phase II trials have demonstrated a high rate of pathological complete responses, with some patients even spared from surgery. However, in both settings, not all patients respond and some responses are short, emphasizing the importance of the ongoing search for accurate biomarkers. While various biomarkers of response have been evaluated in the context of MSI CRC, including
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