Colorectal Cancer

Encorafenib, binimetinib, and cetuximab demonstrated a significant improvement in overall survival compared with cetuximab and an irinotecan-containing regimen in patients with BRAF-mutant colorectal cancer.

A weekly regorafenib (Stivarga) dose-escalation strategy beginning at 80 mg and ending at 160 mg is an appropriate and potentially optimal approach for previously treated patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

Christopher Lieu, MD, director, GI Medical Oncology Program and deputy associate director for clinical research, at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, discusses investigational immunotherapy strategies in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

Emerging findings from the most expansive studies of tumor genomes ever conducted are building a case for integrating all aspects of germline and somatic mutations into the analytical paradigm as a logical next step for precision oncology.

Howard S. Hochster, MD, provides insight into TAS-102 (trifluridine/tipiracil; Lonsurf) and highlights other important research being conducted in the colorectal cancer space.

Ana Acuna-Villaorduna, MD, provides further insight into the study that compares age and race as factors for the incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer.

Ana Acuna-Villaorduna, MD, Heme/Oncology fellow at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discusses the increase of early-onset colorectal cancer, specifically in African-American and Hispanic populations.

Jerome Galon, PhD, research director, French Institute of Health and Medical Research, discusses ways to expand the use of Immunoscore in early-stage colorectal cancer.

Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD, associate director for Adult Oncology and co-leader of the Gastrointestinal Cancers Program, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses next steps with immunotherapy in metastatic colorectal cancer.

Sujatha Nallapareddy, MD, gastrointestinal medical oncologist at Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers, discusses the use of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) testing in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC).

Pfizer Inc. has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Array BioPharma, in which Pfizer will acquire Array BioPharma for $48 per share in cash, leading to a total enterprise value of an estimated $11.4 billion.

Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD, professor of medicine, Mayo Clinic, discusses the tolerability of encorafenib, binimetinib, and cetuximab in BRAF V600E-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer.

Sujatha Nallapareddy, MD, discusses how personalized therapy has improved the outlook for patients with colorectal cancer and sheds light on some of the challenges that lie ahead.