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VJOncoAlert Journal Club | Averectal: avelumab after SCRT and chemotherapy in MSS rectal cancer

Ali Shamseddine, MD, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, discusses the Phase II Averectal study (NCT03503630) of short-course radiotherapy followed by mFOLFOX6 plus avelumab in patients with locally advanced microsatellite stable rectal adenocarcinoma. The regimen demonstrated a promising pathologic complete response rate and high 3-year disease-free survival, with a low incidence of local recurrence.

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