NICHE-2 absolutely delivers. Game over for chemo in dMMR colon cancer 💥🧬
In locally advanced dMMR colon cancer, FOxTROT already showed us chemo doesn’t work, and now NICHE-2 makes it undeniable.
💊 Neoadjuvant nivolumab ipilimumab →
• 99% pathologic response
• 67% pathologic CR
• Zero recurrences to date at 3 years
🪦 This is the final coffin nail for perioperative chemotherapy in this setting. ATOMIC is already on life support despite being published less than a year ago.
The real question now: with Cercek’s rectal data, can we safely omit surgery next?
At minimum, this should be the new standard.
At maximum, it’s the start of a paradigm shift.
@OncoAlert @TheGutOncLab #ESMO25