All fourteen rectal cancer patients in a small phase II study of dostarlimab, an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, saw their cancer completely disappear—with no progression or recurrence at follow-up six to 25 months later. None of the patients required further chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery.
As NCI employees and others at HHS were receiving notices of termination, national cancer organizations called on Congress “to restore stability to NIH.”
