Medical Oncology

Colorectal Cancer   

Questions discussed in this category


Would you consider the BEACON regimen (i.e., encorafenib/binimetinib + cetuximab) in this setting?

What were your “top 3” presentations/studies coming out of the meeting this year and how will it impact your own clinical practice?

G1 neuropathy and G3 neutropenia were observed with cycle 12 FOLFOX + bev. Would you reintroduce oxali at a lower dose or switch to irinotecan+EGFRi ...

Of note - the tumor tissue biopsy NGS did not show KRAS or BRAF mutations. Microsatellite stable. Patient received first line FOLFOXIRI + Avastin .

This involves the primary site responding but progression with new bone marrow involvement with resulting cytopenias.

Colleagues in surgery have raised concerns about post radiation effects in the pelvis with the ordering of short course RT->chemo ->surgery.

Benefit of oxaliplatin in patients >70 years of age is not proven and only 5FU/capecitabine in a MSI-H tumor is of questionable efficacy. What woul...

Would you use a small cell regimen over a more traditional FOLFOX-esque approach?

Do you use the same high risk factors as adenocarcinoma when deciding on adjuvant treatment for early stage disease?

How would the sidedness of the tumor, BRAF, RAS,HER2 or MSI status affect your decision?

Would you use dual agent chemotherapy such as FOLFIRI, combination of chemo with biologic- IRI/Cetux or all 3 drugs simultaneously? How would sidednes...

Given that majority of benefit is derived from the capecitabine, would this be an acceptable option to decrease patient contact with the healthcare sy...

Would presence of features considered high risk in stage II sway your interpretation of the IDEA trial? 

In practice, does starting with chemoradiation followed by chemotherapy result in a significant delay in initiating chemotherapy or a patient's abilit...

The German trial included patients with tumors up to 16cm from the anal verge, while the Swedish trial update found no local control benefit for tumor...

Would you approach with curative intent with locoregional treatment or systemic treatment alone?

The NCCN seems to make its recommendation based on extrapolation from colon cancer, but those patients are not treated with pre-op chemoRT.

Has the utility of BRAF in CRC expanded beyond guiding prognosis? Is there a role in non-metastatic CRC?

If a patient with stage II or III colon adenocarcinoma who presents to your clinic 12-16 weeks after surgical resection do you give adjuvant chemother...

Is there a change in approach over the past few years? Would there be a role for the 12-gene recurrence score?

Since some prior subset analyses have suggested that oxaliplatin may not improve outcomes of older patients with colon cancer in the adjuvant settin...

Does the recent Hopkins trial of pembrolizumab change your management of these patients?


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