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.
April 26th 2024
CHMP has voiced its support for the approval of fruquintinib in previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer.
The Latest on Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
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A Focus on Acute Myeloid Leukemia
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Updates in Myelodysplastic Syndromes
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Equalizing Inequities™ in Multiple Myeloma Care: Shining a Light on Current Barriers and Opportunities for Improved Outcomes
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Medical Crossfire®: Critical Questions on Diagnosis, Sequencing, and Selection of Systemic and Radioligand Therapy Options for Patients with GEP-NETs
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Everything You Need to Know About PARP Inhibitor Combinations in Prostate Cancer Care: Why? For Whom? And When?
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Multidisciplinary Management of TNBC: Immunotherapy, PARP, TROP2, Oh My!
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Community Practice Connections™: 8th Annual School of Gastrointestinal Oncology®
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Community Practice Connections™: The Advent of TROP2-Targeted Treatment Approaches in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer
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Community Practice Connections™: Controversies and Conversations About HER2- Expressing Breast Cancer…Advances in Management of HER2-Low to -Positive Disease
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B-Cell Tumor Board: Rendering Real World Personalized Treatment Plans in CLL/SLL and MCL Through the Lens of Emerging BTKi Evidence
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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates from Chicago in Breast Cancer
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8th Annual School of Nursing Oncology™
August 10, 2024
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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates in RCC from Chicago
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2024 Miami International Symposium of Gastrointestinal Oncology (ISGIO)
October 11-12, 2024
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Applying New Evidence in Multiple Myeloma Care from Frontline to R/R Disease
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Medical Crossfire®: How Do Clinicians Integrate the Latest Evidence in Treating Ovarian Cancer to Personalize Care?
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Medical Crossfire®: How Does Recent Evidence on PARP Inhibitors and Combinations Inform Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer Now and In the Future?
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How CEACAM5 Expression Can Be Measured and Leveraged in NSCLC Care: Current Developments & Future Therapeutic Opportunities
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Medical Crossfire®: Where Are We in the World of ADCs? From HER2 to CEACAM5, TROP2, HER3, CDH6, B7H3, c-MET and Beyond!
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Community Oncology Connections™: Overcoming Barriers to Testing, Trial Access, and Equitable Care in Cancer
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Translating New Evidence into Treatment Algorithms from Frontline to R/R Multiple Myeloma: How the Experts Think & Treat
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Medical Crossfire: How Has Iron Supplementation Altered Treatment Planning for Patients with Cancer-Related Anemia?
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Dialogues With the Surgeon on Integration of Systemic Therapies in Perioperative Settings for NSCLC: Looking at EGFR, ALK, IO, and Beyond…
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The Next Wave in Biliary Tract Cancers: Leveraging Immunogenicity to Optimize Patient Outcomes in an Evolving Treatment Landscape
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The Evolving Tool Box in Advanced HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know About Next-Generation SERDs, PI3K/AKT, ADCs, CDK4/6 and Beyond…
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Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapy Advances Into Melanoma
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Genomic Complexity Stifles Targeted Advances in Colorectal Cancer
February 16th 2016Experts in the field assert that the path forward requires a paradigm shift toward integrative analyses that encompass multiple classes of genomic aberrations and consensus classification of CRC based on genomic data to facilitate more effective management of this disease.
Patient Populations Provide Sequencing Clues in Chemorefractory CRC
Treating patients with chemorefractory advanced colorectal cancer has undergone a significant transformation in recent years. Now, with two agents approved, the optimal sequence for therapies regorafenib and TAS-102 becomes the next relevant question.
Dr. Melis on Avoiding Surgery for Patients With Rectal Cancer
January 26th 2016Marcovalerio Melis, MD, associate professor, Department of Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses a study examining if surgery can be avoided in patients with advanced rectal cancer by using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging to predict pathologic response.
Three Drugs Marginally Better Than Two in First-Line Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) had marginal yet inconsistent improvement in clinical outcomes when treated with a three-drug chemotherapy regimen plus bevacizumab compared with a doublet-bevacizumab regimen.
Dr. Bekaii-Saab on Sequencing Regorafenib and TAS-102 in CRC
January 22nd 2016Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD, associate professor, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses sequencing regorafenib and TAS-102 for the treatment of patients with colorectal cancer.
New Neoadjuvant Regimen Shows Similar Efficacy, Less Toxicity in Rectal Cancer
Preoperative treatment with short-course radiation therapy plus 3 cycles of chemotherapy improved overall survival (OS) and was associated with fewer adverse events compared with standard chemoradiation for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.
Dr. Wiesner on Importance of Genetic Testing for CRC
December 28th 2015Georgia L. Wiesner, MD, MS, director, Clinical and Translational Hereditary Cancer Program, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, professor of Medicine, cancer geneticist, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, discusses the importance of genetic testing for colorectal cancer.
Dr. John Marshall on Steps to Finding a Cure for Colorectal Cancer
December 21st 2015John Marshall, MD, Chief, Division Of Hematology/Oncology, Georgetown University Hospital Associate Director, Clinical Research, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Hospital, discusses curing colorectal cancer.
Dr. Jennifer Wu on Immunotherapy in Mismatch Repair Deficient CRC
December 4th 2015Jennifer Wu, MD, assistant professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the potential for immunotherapy in colorectal cancer with mismatch repair deficiency.
Dr. John Marshall on the Importance of Molecular Profiling in Colorectal Cancer
November 10th 2015John Marshall, MD, Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Chief, Division Of Hematology/Oncology, Georgetown University Hospital Associate Director, Clinical Research, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Hospital, discusses the importance of molecular testing in colorectal cancer.
Dr. Wu on Efficacy of Approved Agents in Colorectal Cancer
November 4th 2015Jennifer Wu, MD, assistant professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the efficacy of regorafenib and TAS-102 for the treatment of patients with colorectal cancer.