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hemangiopericytomas. Long-term close clinical and imaging follow-up is also necessary.Background The survival benefits of regorafenib (REG) and trifluridine/tipiracil hydrochloride (TFTD) have been demonstrated in chemorefractory patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). However, the effects of crossover administration of REG and TFTD on patient survival remain unclear. The present study evaluated the association between exposure to REG and TFTD and overall survival (OS) in patients with mCRC using data from the REGOTAS study. Patients and Methods We analyzed patients registered in the REGOTAS study, which retrospectively compared the efficacy and safety of use of REG or TFTD as later-line chemotherapy for chemorefractory mCRC patients. We compared the survival outcomes of cohort A (treated using both REG and TFTD) and cohort B (treated using either REG or TFTD). Results A total of 550 patients (cohort A, n = 252; cohort B, n = 298) met the inclusion criteria. The median OS was significantly increased in cohort A compared with cohort B [9.6 months (95% confidence interval (CI), 8.9-10.9 months) vs. 5.2 months (95% CI, 4.4-6.0 months), P less then 0.001]. Multivariate analysis revealed that cohort A was independently associated with a significant increase in OS [A vs. B Hazard ratios (HR), 0.58; 95% CI, 0.47-0.72; P less then 0.001]. Subgroup analysis adjusted using multivariate Cox model revealed a consistently better trend in most subgroups for cohort A compared with cohort B. Conclusions Our study revealed prolonged survival in patients treated with REG and TFTD. Therefore, all active agents, including REG and TFTD, should be made available to mCRC patients.Current clinical studies showed distinct therapeutic outcomes, in which CRC patients with mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR)/microsatellite instability high (MSI-H) seem to be relatively more "sensitive" in response to anti-programmed death-1 receptor (PD-1)/programmed death-1 receptor ligand 1 (PD-L1) therapy than those with mismatch repair-proficient (pMMR)/microsatellite instability-low (MSI-L). The mechanisms by which the same PD-1/PD-L1 blockades lead to two distinct therapeutic responses in CRC patients with different MSI statuses remain poorly understood and become a topic of great interest in both basic research and clinical practice. In this review of the potential mechanisms for the distinct response to PD-1/PD-L1 blockades between dMMR/MSI-H CRCs and pMMR/MSI-L CRCs, relevant references were electronically searched and collected from databases PubMed, MEDLINE, and Google scholar. Ipatasertib supplier Sixty-eight articles with full text and 10 articles by reference-cross search were included for final analysis after eligibility selection according to the guidelines of PRISMA. Analysis revealed that multiple factors e.g. tumor mutation burden, immune cell densities and types in the tumor microenvironment, expression levels of PD-1/PD-L1 and cytokines are potential determinants of such distinct response to PD-1/PD-L1 blockades in CRC patients with different MSI statuses which might help clinicians to select candidates for anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy and improve therapeutic response in patients with CRC.Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ECC) is an uncommon and devastating malignancy that mainly consists of adenocarcinoma. Adenosquamous carcinoma is a rare histologic type and accounts for 2-5% of ECC. It reports that 3.6-8.5% of ECC patients carry Her-2 amplification. A 45-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of jaundice. Abdominal computerized tomography (CT) suggested extrahepatic biliary tract mass. The patient received surgery and pathological examination confirmed adenosquamous carcinoma. Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization (FISH) and Next-generation sequencing showed the tumor had Her-2 amplification. One month after the operation, CT demonstrated distant lymph nodes metastases (cT3N1M1, stage IV). The patient received gemcitabine and cispl