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For a patient with metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma with CT showing NED after 4 months of FOLFOX + pembrolizumab + trastuzumab, would you consider resection of the primary and/or a chemo break?
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Medical Oncology · Dartmouth Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
This question is about a patient with gastric cancer who has a complete response to therapy with chemotherapy, trastuzumab, and checkpoint inhibitor blockade. The patient had a radiographic CR after 4 months of therapy. How to proceed from here is an interesting question, and would be influenced by ...
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Medical Oncology · Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital
I absolutely agree with @Dr. First Last about the duration of systemic therapy (6-12 months at a minimum) before considering surgical management. Most of the surgeons I work with wouldn't even think about operating with curative intent before the 12 month mark.
I also think that the nature of the me...