The very encouraging preliminary results from the Keynote-811 provide a proof of concept for the synergistic effect of PD-1 and HER2 inhibition in HER2-positive gastric cancer, which stands a very good chance to consist of a new standard of care in the first line setting, providing long-term analysis also reveals a survival benefit for pembrolizumab, trastuzumab and chemotherapy in this setting. Here, ERBB2 is linked to gastric cancer.