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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.

Complementary NGS Improves dMMR Detection With IHC in CRC and Endometrial Cancer

February 8th 2024

Amin Nassar, MD, and Elias Bou Farhat, MD, spotlight a study evaluating the accuracy and sensitivity of NGS mutation signature in assessing MMR status vs IHC testing.

Dr Yu discusses the ARCAD Nomogram in a Real-World CRC Population

February 2nd 2024

James Yu, MD, discusses the validation of the ARCAD nomogram in the real-world setting for patients with stage IV colorectal cancer.

Dr Yaeger on the Background of the CodeBreaK 101 Trial in mCRC

February 2nd 2024

Rona Yaeger, MD, discusses the rationale for launching an expansion cohort study based on findings from the CodeBreaK 101 study.

SCO-101 Plus FOLFIRI Shows Signs of Efficacy in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

February 1st 2024

The combination of SCO-101 and FOLFIRI resulted in tumor reduction and increased progression-free survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

KRAS G12C–Targeted Therapies May Move Earlier in the mCRC Treatment Sequence

January 31st 2024

Rona Yaeger, MD, discusses a study of second-line sotorasib plus panitumumab in patients with KRAS G12C–mutated colorectal cancer.

Dr Stintzing on the Background of the Q-TWiST Analysis of Fruquintinib in mCRC

January 30th 2024

Sebastian Stintzing, MD, discusses treatment with fruquintinib plus best supportive care in the Q-TWIST analysis in metastatic colorectal cancer.

Dr Barzi on the Real-World Use of Triplet Chemotherapies in mCRC

January 22nd 2024

Afsaneh Barzi, MD, PhD, discusses the frontline use of FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab and subsequent therapies in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

Dr Kim on the Rationale For Investigating the Use of Regorafenib in mCRC

January 22nd 2024

Richard Kim, MD, discusses data from a real-world investigation of long-term responses with regorafenib in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

Presence of ctDNA Does Not Predict Benefit of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Stage II Colon Cancer

January 22nd 2024

Adjuvant chemotherapy did not improve circulating tumor DNA clearance in patients with stage II colon cancer with baseline circulating tumor DNA.

Frontline Nivolumab/Ipilimumab Provides Superior PFS Benefit Over Chemo in MSI-H/dMMR mCRC

January 20th 2024

Nivolumab/ipilimumab reduced the risk of disease progression or death vs chemotherapy in previously untreated patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

Real-World Data Identify Factors Associated With Long-Term Response to Regorafenib in mCRC

January 20th 2024

Favorable ECOG PS, lower LDH levels, and absence of BRAF and KRAS mutations at baseline were associated with long-term response to regorafenib in patients with mCRC in the real world.

Dr Kasi on the Rationale for Analyzing ctDNA to Inform Chemotherapy Decisions in CRC

January 20th 2024

Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi, MD, MS, discusses outcomes from an interim analysis of the BESPOKE CRC study and highlights the use of circulating tumor DNA for informing adjuvant chemotherapy treatment decisions for patients with stage II/III colorectal cancer.

DKN-01 Plus Bevacizumab and Chemotherapy Shows Tolerability, Activity in MSS CRC

January 20th 2024

DKN-01/bevacizumab/chemotherapy had a tolerable safety profile and showcased clinical activity in patients with microsatellite stable colorectal cancer.

Neoadjuvant Botensilimab/Balstilimab Combo Induces Early Efficacy in pMMR/dMMR CRC

January 20th 2024

Neoadjuvant botensilimab/balstilimab led to robust responses in both patients with resectable mismatch repair–proficient and –deficient colorectal cancer.

Fruquintinib Plus BSC Provides Clinically Meaningful Quality-Adjusted Survival Benefit Vs BSC Alone in mCRC

January 20th 2024

An improvement in quality-adjusted survival benefit was observed with fruquintinib/BSC vs BSC alone in patients with mCRC enrolled in the FRESCO study.

FOLFOXIRI Plus Bevacizumab Use Rises Over Time in mCRC

January 20th 2024

The use of FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab increased in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer from 2013 to 2022, especially in patients 50 years of age or younger.

Dr Imanirad on Toxicity Management for Encorafenib Plus Cetuximab in BRAF-Mutant mCRC

January 18th 2024

Iman Imanirad, MD, medical oncologist, gastrointestinal oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses the management of toxicities associated with standard-of-care encorafenib plus cetuximab for patients with previously treated microsatellite stable BRAF V600E metastatic colorectal cancer.

Futility Analysis Ends Nivolumab and Relatlimab Evaluation in Pretreated MSS mCRC

January 3rd 2024

The phase 3 RELATIVITY-123 trial evaluating the fixed-dose combination of nivolumab and relatlimab in patients with microsatellite stable metastatic colorectal cancer will be discontinued due to futility.

End of Year Review in CRC: Exploring Emerging Treatment Options and Clinical Insights on the Future Landscape

December 20th 2023

Cathy Eng, M, FACP, FASCO, presents a comprehensive End-of-Year Review in Colorectal Cancer (CRC), delving into the exploration of emerging treatment options and clinical insights on the future landscape. This insightful review includes a focus on the recent approval of fruquintinib and important updates on target therapies for HER2+, BRAF V600E-Mutant, and KRAS-mutant CRC, as well as an interactive Q&A segment.

Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab Improves PFS in Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

December 7th 2023

The combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab led to a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival per blinded independent central review compared with investigator’s choice of chemotherapy as frontline therapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.