Colorectal Cancer

Jennifer Wu, MD, reviews recently approved agents in refractory colorectal cancer, as well as biomarker-directed emerging therapies in the setting.

Georgia 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, explains the benefits of genetic testing for colorectal cancer (CRC) and how oncologists can discuss it with their patients.

Experts 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.

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.

A potential biomarker to guide chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer failed to stratify patients by progression-free survival or responsiveness to bevacizumab.