Colorectal Cancer

mCRC with Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD and Tara Seery, MD

The combination of ziv-aflibercept and capecitabine demonstrated an acceptable safety profile and encouraging clinical efficacy for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, according to findings from the ongoing phase II X-TRAP trial.

Treatments can be better customized and tailored based on each patient's individual desires and characteristics, now that two effective options are available for refractory metastatic colorectal cancer, according to Jennifer Wu, MD.

Jennifer Wu, MD, discusses the issue of deficiencies in enzymes that fix mismatch repairs in colorectal cancer. Wu says targeting the cancer-specific enzymes which allow tumors to repair themselves could stop tumor growth in patients.

John Marshall, MD, discusses the individualization of treatment of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC).

A first-in-human phase I dose-escalation study followed by a small expansion cohort, both of which were conducted solely in Germany, set the stage for what would soon become the FDA-approved dose for regorafenib (Stivarga) of 160 mg/day.

"While adverse events across both populations were broadly similar, some did occur more frequently in patients with longer exposure, an observation that is possibly related to the longer duration in this subgroup," said Axel Grothey, MD.

Regorafenib offers a unique challenge in terms of AE management. AEs with regorafenib have been reported across several clinical trials, and more recently, a clinical case study demonstrated the utility of regorafenib in a "real world" scenario, adding further insight.

To gain further insight into TAS-102 and regorafenib, Targeted Oncology spoke with Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD, on how he utilizes currently available data to provide optimal care for patients with chemorefractory CRC.

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, discusses the role genetic testing for colorectal cancer (CRC) plays in families.

The latest results from an open-label, phase Ib study of the STAT3 inhibitor BBI-608 (napabucasin) with a standard chemotherapy (FOLFIRI with or without bevacizumab) in the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer, have been presented at the ASCO 2016 Gastrointestinal Symposium. Evidence of antitumor activity and a favorable safety profile were seen in phase I studies.

Cathy Eng, MD, FACP, medical oncologist, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the combination of bevacizumab with FOLFOXIRI (irinotecan, oxaliplatin, fluorouracil, and folinate) as a treatment for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

Cathy Eng, MD, FACP, medical oncologist, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the combination of bevacizumab with FOLFOXIRI (irinotecan, oxaliplatin, fluorouracil, and folinate) as a treatment for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

Preoperative treatment with short-course radiation therapy plus 3 cycles of chemotherapy boosted overall survival (OS) and generated fewer adverse events (AEs) compared to standard chemoradiation for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.

A gene associated with the suppression of tumor growth has been found to act in the opposite manner in some forms of colorectal cancer (CRC), according to researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine.