Long-term outcomes of intraoperative chemotherapy with 5-FU for colorectal cancer patients receiving curative resection (IOCCRC): a randomized, multicenter, prospective, phase III trial.

Background: The authors aimed to compare combined intraoperative chemotherapy and surgical resection with curative surgical resection alone in colorectal cancer patients.

Methods: The authors performed a multicenter, open-label, randomized, phase III trial. All eligible patients were randomized and assigned to intraoperative chemotherapy and curative surgical resection or curative surgical resection alone (1:1).

Long-Term Outcomes of dMMR/MSI-H Rectal Cancer Treated With Anti-PD-1-Based Immunotherapy as Curative-Intent Treatment.

Background: Neoadjuvant anti-PD-1 therapy has shown encouraging efficacy in patients with deficient DNA mismatch repair (dMMR)/microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC), which suggests its potential as a curative-intent therapy and a promising treatment option for organ preservation. We aimed to investigate the long-term outcomes of patients with dMMR/MSI-H LARC who experienced clinical complete response (cCR) after anti-PD-1 therapy.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed patients with dMMR/MSI-H LARC who achieved cCR and received nonoperative management following neoadjuvant anti-PD-1-based treatment from 4 Chinese medical centers.

Efficacy of PD-1 inhibitors for colorectal cancer and polyps in Lynch syndrome patients.

Background: Programmed death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor is effective for colorectal cancer (CRC) with deficient mismatch repair (dMMR) or high microsatellite instability (MSI-H). We aimed to explore its effects on CRCs and colonic polyps in Lynch syndrome (LS) patients.

Methods: LS patients with CRC who had evaluable tumours and received at least 2 cycles of PD-1 inhibitors were retrospectively included.

Neoadjuvant Immune Checkpoint Inhibition Improves Organ Preservation in T4bM0 Colorectal Cancer With Mismatch Repair Deficiency: A Retrospective Observational Study.

Background: Colorectal cancer with mismatch repair deficiency is usually less aggressive and associated with a lower risk of distant metastasis. Immune checkpoint inhibition, rather than traditional chemoradiotherapy, has shown great advantages in treating such patients.

Objective: This study aimed to verify the hypothesis that locally very advanced (T4b) colorectal cancer without distant metastases might present with higher probability of mismatch repair deficiency and be more sensitive to neoadjuvant immune checkpoint inhibition.

Low prevalence of mismatch repair deficiency in Chinese colorectal cancers: a multicenter study.

Background: Although universal testing for mismatch repair deficiency (dMMR) has been recommended to all colorectal cancer (CRC) patients, related evidence for the Chinese population is lacking. Here, we investigated the prevalence and clinicopathological features of dMMR patients in a large Chinese CRC cohort.

Methods: We included 7,373 CRC patients treated at four Chinese medical centers between August 2010 and September 2016.

A Four-Methylated lncRNAs-Based Prognostic Signature for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Currently, an increasing number of studies suggest that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and methylation-regulated lncRNAs play a critical role in the pathogenesis of various cancers including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Therefore, methylated differentially expressed lncRNAs (MDELs) may be critical biomarkers of HCC. In this study, 63 MDELs were identified by screening The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) HCC lncRNAs expression data set and lncRNAs methylation data set.