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Asad Umar1, Holli A Loomans-Kropp2
1Cancer Prevention Fellowship, & Gastrointestinal & Other Cancers Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland. umara@mail.nih.gov.
Abstract:
Cancer immune-interception for prevention of recurrence in patients with high-risk familial cancer like Muir-Torre syndrome or Lynch syndrome using immune checkpoint blockade inhibitors is a promising approach. Albeit, as described in a case report by Pollak and colleagues in the April 2020 issue of Cancer Prevention Research, it has the potential to be used as immune-interceptive with alternative dosing regimens for cancers with microsatellite instability. The combination of additional cancer preventive and immunopreventive approaches, such as vaccines and minimal dose of immune checkpoint blockade inhibitors, is another unexplored modality for cancer interception in high-risk individuals.
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