Colorectal Cancer

Christopher Lieu, MD, director, GI Medical Oncology Program and deputy associated director for clinical research, at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, discusses where future research should focus in metastatic colorectal cancer.

Marwan Fakih, MD, professor, Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, associate director for Clinical Investigations, Comprehensive Cancer Center, medical director, Judy and Bernard Briskin Center for Clinical Research, co-director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Program, and section head, Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, City of Hope, discusses future directions in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

Three months of adjuvant oxaliplatin-based therapy in patients with high-risk, stage II colorectal cancer was found to be inferior to 6 months of treatment.

Gulam A. Manji, MD, PhD, discusses the difference between right- and left-sided tumors in colorectal cancer and the appropriate treatment for right-sided tumors based on a subgroup analysis.

Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD, FACP, discusses the safety profile of nivolumab plus ipilimumab in the phase II CheckMate-142 trial for treatment-naïve patients with microsatellite instability–high/mismatch repair deficient colorectal cancer.

The frontline combination of nivolumab (Opdivo) and ipilimumab (Yervoy) showed a robust and durable clinical benefit in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

Shota Fukuoka, MD, PhD, discusses the results of the study evaluating regorafenib and nivolumab in patients with previously treated gastric and colorectal cancers.

Byrne Lee, MD, chief, Upper GI and Mixed Tumor Surgery Service, associate clinical professor of surgical oncology, Department of Surgery, and surgical oncologist, City of Hope, discusses data regarding the use of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

Pashtoon M. Kasi, MBBS, MD, MS, discusses the use of ctDNA testing throughout treatment for patients with colorectal cancer and ongoing research on liquid biopsies.

Gulam A. Manji, MD, PhD, discusses clinical trials for patients with colorectal cancer harboring BRAF or other molecular abnormalities.

Jonathan Mizrahi, MD, a hematology/oncology fellow at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses encouraging trial findings in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

Tim Iveson, MD, FACP, discusses the International Duration Evaluation of Adjuvant Chemotherapy Collaboration, which examines the effects of adjuvant oxaliplatin-based therapy given for 3 months versus 6 months in patients with high-risk stage II colorectal cancer.

Howard Hochster, MD, FACP, associate director for clinical research and director, Gastrointestinal Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, director of oncology research, RWJBarnabas Health, discusses the safety analysis of TAS-102 in metastatic colorectal cancer and metastatic gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer.

Christopher Lieu, MD, director, GI Medical Oncology Program and deputy associated director for clinical research, at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, discusses the rationale for combined MEK, VEGF, and PD-1 inhibition in microsatellite stable (MSS) colorectal cancer (CRC).

Wells A. Messersmith, MD, co-leader of the Developmental Therapeutics Program, and director, GI Cancer Program, and professor of medicine, at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, discusses the need for biomarkers to distinguish between VEGF inhibitors in colorectal cancer (CRC).

Pashtoon M. Kasi, MBBS, MD, MS, hematologist, internist, oncologist, Mayo Clinic, discusses the comparison of circulating tumor DNA tests, tissue, and liquid biopsies, in a study of patients with colorectal cancer.