Colorectal Cancer | Specialty

The OncLive Colorectal Cancer condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on colorectal cancer treatment and management, with a focus on novel therapeutic strategies including checkpoint inhibitors and TKIs across lines of therapy. This page features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on unmet needs, treatment advances, and ongoing research in colorectal cancer.

Dr. Ciombor on the Utilization of Maintenance Panitumumab in RAS Wild-Type Metastatic CRC

December 20th 2021

Kristen K. Ciombor, MD, MSCI, discusses the use of panitumumab in the maintenance treatment of patients with RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer.

Dr. Hubbard on the Design of the NRG-GI005 Trial in Colorectal Cancer

December 17th 2021

Joleen M. Hubbard, MD, discusses the design of the ongoing phase 2/3 NRG-GI005 trial in patients with stage IIA colorectal cancer after surgery.

Adavosertib Elicits Efficacy in RAS/TP53+ mCRC With Potential Additive Benefit in Left-Sided Tumors

December 16th 2021

The WEE1 inhibitor adavosertib improved progression-free survival with a tolerable safety profile compared with active monitoring in patients with RAS/TP53-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer.

Dr. Jain on the Need to Enroll Heterogenous Populations to Clinical Trials in CRC

December 14th 2021

Shikha Jain, MD, FACP, discusses the need to enroll heterogenous patient populations to clinical trials in colorectal cancer.

Dr. Azzi on the Utility of Signatera as a Preferred ctDNA Assay in CRC

December 8th 2021

Georges Azzi, MD, discusses the utility of the Signatera circulating tumor DNA assay as a preferred test in colorectal cancer (CRC).

Dr. Raghav on Treatment Considerations in Metastatic CRC

December 8th 2021

Kanwal Raghav, MBBS, MD, discusses treatment considerations in metastatic colorectal cancer.

Dr. Boland on Leveraging Triplet Chemo Regimens in Non-Resectable Liver-Only mCRC

December 7th 2021

Patrick Boland, MD, discusses therapeutic options for patients with patients with liver-only metastatic colorectal cancer.

Dr. Boland on Determining When to Utilize Up-front Perioperative Chemotherapy in CRC

December 6th 2021

Patrick Boland, MD, discusses determining when to utilize up-front perioperative chemotherapy for patients with colorectal cancer with liver metastases.

ESMO 2021 Updates in Gastric Cancer and Colorectal Cancer

December 6th 2021

Sam Klempner, MD; Daniel H. Ahn, DO; Nataliya V. Uboha, MD, PhD; and Manish A. Shah, MD, FASCO, review recent updates in second-line gastric cancer, CAR T-cell therapy in solid tumors, and colorectal cancer presented at ESMO 2021.

Dr. Iqbal on Determining Whether to Start With Regorafenib or TAS-102 in mCRC

December 3rd 2021

Syma Iqbal, MD, discusses determining whether to start with regorafenib (Stivarga) or trifluridine/tipiracil (TAS-102; Lonsurf) in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

Dr. Raghav on Treatment Considerations With Regorafenib and TAS-102 in CRC

December 3rd 2021

Kanwal Raghav, MBBS, MD, discusses the safety profiles of regorafenib and trifluridine/tipiracil, and selecting between the agents for the treatment of patients with colorectal cancer.

Role of Genomic Testing in mCRC

November 30th 2021

Experts in gastrointestinal cancers review the role of genomic testing in metastatic colorectal cancer and its impact on informing treatment decisions.

Overview of Colorectal Cancer

November 30th 2021

Tanios S. Bekaii-Saab, MD, Gerald Prager, MD, and Chiara Cremolini, MD, PhD, provide insight on the treatment landscape and international screening guidelines of colorectal cancer.

FDA Grants Fast Track Status to Arfolitixorin for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

November 24th 2021

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to arfolitixorin as a potential therapeutic option for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

CTLA-4 Inhibitor AGEN1181 Shows Early Activity in Heavily Pretreated Advanced Solid Tumors

November 23rd 2021

AGEN1181, a next-generation CTLA-4 inhibitor, exhibited clinical activity both as a monotherapy and in combination with balstilimab in heavily pretreated patients with advanced solid tumors.

Dr. Ciombor on Anti-EGFR Therapy in Metastatic CRC

November 16th 2021

Kristen K. Ciombor, MD, MSCI, discusses the use of anti-EGFR therapy for the frontline treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

Up-front Surgery, Biologics Do Not Improve Survival in Resectable CRC With Liver Metastases

November 11th 2021

Chemotherapy has demonstrated mixed findings in patients with resectable colorectal hepatic metastases, and long-term data suggest incorporating it into treatment algorithms have little impact on overall survival.

Nivolumab Plus Low-Dose Ipilimumab Provides Robust, Durable Clinical Benefit in Frontline MSI-H/dMMR mCRC

November 10th 2021

The combination of nivolumab and low-dose ipilimumab resulted in a deep and durable clinical benefit when used in the first-line treatment of patients with microsatellite instability–high and mismatch repair deficient metastatic colorectal cancer.

Targeted Therapies Make Major Strides in mCRC Management

November 7th 2021

The treatment algorithm in metastatic colorectal cancer has gone from accounting only for the sidedness of the primary tumor, performance status, volume of disease, and potential resectability to also include the genetics of the tumor, particularly for patients in need of second-line therapy.

Dr. Boland on Efforts Underway to Optimize the Utility of ctDNA in CRC

November 5th 2021

Patrick Boland, MD, discusses the utility of circulating tumor DNA in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.