Perioperative durvalumab and FLOT chemo can reduce risk of recurrence for some gastric cancers

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Published: 1 Jun 2025
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Dr Yelena Janjigian - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

Dr Yelena Janjigian talks to ecancer about the MATTERHORN study, which she presented at ASCO 2025.

This looked at adding durvalumab to the FLOT chemotherapy regimen before and after surgery, with follow-up treatment with durvalumab only, improved outcomes for patients with stage II, III, or IVA untreated, resectable gastric cancer (GC) and gastroesophageal junction cancer (GEJC) 

There was a statistically significant improvement in event-free survival (EFS) between the durvalumab with FLOT arm compared to the placebo with FLOT arm.

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