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April 25th 2024
Research has shown aspirin use to be associated with lower rates of metastasis for some patients.
Immunotherapy Duo Improves Efficacy in Treatment-Resistant Colorectal Cancer
March 18th 2019Combining two immunotherapies known as checkpoint inhibitors along with best supportive care prolonged life by two and a half months in patients with advanced colorectal cancer that resisted previous treatments.
Aggressive Radiation Therapy Improves Survival in Patients with Metastatic Cancer
October 23rd 2018A high dose of precision radiation could drastically increase the survival rates of patients with metastatic cancer, and double the time patients live without cancer growth, according to study results presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.
Triplet Gets Breakthrough Therapy Designation in Colorectal Cancer
August 8th 2018The FDA has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to the combination of the BRAF inhibitor Braftovi (encorafenib), the MEK inhibitor Mektovi (binimetinib), and the EGFR inhibitor Erbitux (cetuximab) for the treatment of patients with BRAF V600E–mutant metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) following one or two prior lines of treatment in the metastatic setting.