Colorectal Cancer

An Australian team is studying a DNA-based vaccine that the lead investigator feels could be “transformative” in the care of advanced colorectal cancer.

A 13% absolute increase in the radiographic response rate occurred in regorafenib-treated patients. Survival increases were not statistically significant.

For each 25 nmol/L increment of circulating vitamin D, colorectal cancer risk was 19% lower in women and 7% lower in men.

In this video, Dr. Heinz-Josef Lenz outlines the many advantages that development of liquid biopsy is affording cancer patients.

In the ADORE trial, adjuvant FOLFOX in postoperative yp stage III rectal cancer significantly improved disease-free survival.

A combination of irinotecan, cetuximab, and ramucirumab may boost PFS in advanced CRC, when given after failure of oxaliplatin-and-bevacizumab–based therapy.

Overall, patients with mCRC and isolated peritoneal carcinomatosis did not benefit when hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy was added to surgery.

The presence of MSI-high was predictive of Lynch syndrome, which was found to be associated with a much wider spectrum of cancers than previously thought.

Despite paying nearly double per month for first-line treatment in the US, patients with mCRC have survival outcomes similar to their Canadian counterparts.

MSKCC’s Dr. Nancy Kemeny discusses the impact of a company's decision to halt manufacture of a pump used to treat liver mets from colon and rectal cancers.

In this Q&A, we discuss the research into the relationships between gut microbiota, diet, and colorectal cancer.

A retrospective study shows 30 patients need to be treated with adjuvant therapy to prevent 1 death at 3 years.

Researchers from MD Anderson say their study results "open the field of immunoprevention in LS to checkpoint inhibitors as an immune interception strategy."

In this video, Pashalina Kehagias discusses how an early increase in ctDNA may predict a poor response to regorafenib in advanced CRC.

In this video, Dr. Douglas Fearon outlines ways that inhibiting CXCR4 may provoke an immune response to treat pancreatic and colorectal cancer.

Stage III colon cancer patients adhering to ACS Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines for Cancer Survivors after diagnosis had a 42% lower risk of death.

A highly selective small molecule A3AR agonist blocked development of oxaliplatin-induced neuropathic pain without interfering with anticancer effects.

mXELIRI could be practice-changing by providing an alternative to irinotecan-based regimens for some patients, but may not work in non-Asian populations.

A large prospective analysis of data from the UK Women’s Cohort Study found an association between red meat consumption and distal colon disease risk.

CR was 36% in the total neoadjuvant therapy cohort vs 21% in the cohort that received chemoradiotherapy with adjuvant chemotherapy.

A team of Finnish researchers has created a deep learning algorithm that appears to help clinicians better predict patient outcomes based on colorectal cancer tissue samples.

In this UK observational study, being obese was linked with an increased risk for colorectal cancer but undergoing prior obesity surgery was not.

A preplanned analysis of ctDNA found that a subpopulation of mCRC patients with acquired anti-EGFR resistance were sensitive to treatment with Sym004.

Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis have an increased risk for colorectal polyps and cancer; however, treatment with a combination of sulindac and erlotinib reduced their colorectal polyp burden by more than two thirds.

The STAT3 inhibitor napabucasin significantly improved survival among patients with colorectal cancer with elevated phosphorylated STAT3 expression.