Colorectal Cancer

Benjamin Weinberg, MD, shares the clinical implications of how data from the 2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program may impact in the treatment of patients with colorectal cancer and projects what the future may hold in the space.

The FDA has approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for the first-line treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic microsatellite instability–high or mismatch repair deficient colorectal cancer.

Timothy Cragin Wang, MD, discusses the lack of response to checkpoint inhibitors in colorectal cancer.

Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD, FACP, discusses the safety data reported from the phase 3 BEACON CRC trial in BRAF V600E-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer.

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to fruquintinib for the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who have received prior fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin-, and irinotecan-based chemotherapy, VEGF-directed therapy, and EGFR-directed therapy.

Salvatore Siena, MD, further discusses the DESTINY-CRC01 trial with trastuzumab deruxtecan and projects the impact of these findings on patients with HER2-expressing metastatic CRC.

The novel chimeric monoclonal antibody ensituximab demonstrated modest clinical activity and was found to be well tolerated in patients with heavily pretreated, refractory colorectal cancer.

Douglas A. Nelson, MD, discusses the future utility of circulating tumor DNA in colorectal cancer.

Tannaz Armaghany, MD, discusses the utility of circulating tumor DNA in colorectal cancer.

The European Commission has approved encorafenib (Braftovi) in combination with cetuximab (Erbitux) for the treatment of adult patients with BRAF V600E–mutant metastatic colorectal cancer who have received prior systemic therapy.

Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD, FACP, discusses the latest findings from the BEACON CRC study, the importance of testing for BRAF mutations in patients with CRC, and future directions with these agents.

Thierry Andre, MD, discusses the rationale for the phase 3 KEYNOTE-177 trial in metastatic colorectal cancer.

Michael J. Overman, MD, discusses potential applications for circulating tumor DNA in colorectal cancer.

Tanios S. Bekaii-Saab, MD, FACP, discusses the growing role of targeted therapy in CRC.