BEACON Study: Encorafenib, Binimetinib, and Cetuximab in BRAF-Mutant mCRC

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Daniel Ahn, DO, describes the BEACON study, a randomized phase 3 trial in metastatic colorectal cancer that led to the FDA approval of a doublet regimen.

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