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The I-SPY2 trial demonstrates that novel treatment approaches can yield high pathologic complete response rates in rare histologic subtypes of high-risk breast cancer, potentially improving outcomes for these challenging cases.

In a phase 2 study of patients with locally advanced mismatch repair–deficient colon cancer, treatment with neoadjuvant nivolumab plus ipilimumab resulted in a 98% pathological response rate and a 68% pathological complete response rate, with no recurrence of disease observed over a median follow-up of 26 months.

A phase 3 trial comparing neoadjuvant ipilimumab plus nivolumab followed by surgery to adjuvant nivolumab alone in resectable stage III melanoma patients found a significantly higher event-free survival rate in the neoadjuvant group. This suggests that pre-surgical immunotherapy could lead to better patient outcomes.

Recent trials in NSCLC treatment reveal that perioperative immunotherapy, including combinations like nivolumab and chemotherapy, can significantly improve disease-free survival in early-stage resectable NSCLC.

In the CheckMate 77T trial, perioperative nivolumab plus chemotherapy followed by adjuvant nivolumab significantly improved event-free survival and pathological responses in patients with resectable NSCLC. The safety profile was consistent with known data, reinforcing nivolumab’s potential as a cornerstone in perioperative lung cancer therapy.

In the realm of HER2-positive early breast cancer, achieving a pathological complete response (pCR) post-neoadjuvant therapy has been linked to a markedly reduced risk of recurrence, highlighting the critical role of tailored treatment strategies in improving patient outcomes.