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Dostarlimab, a monoclonal antibody drug, smashed expectations in a recent trial run by speed to 1 light year per se
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While the trial was small, it is considered game-changing, and sets up the drug as a
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potential cure for one of the most dangerous common cancers known.
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The study was presented Sunday at the annual meeting of the American Society of
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needed other treatments associated with rectal cancer, such as life-altering surgery or
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Andrea Cercek, MD, the lead study author and an oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering
Cancer Center, told The New York Times:
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But the study was small, she noted, and it’ll take time to understand whether the patients
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Despite these uncertainties, Cercek and colleagues and their patients who agreed to
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