{"title":"Systemic Therapy for Metastatic Colon Cancer: New Frontiers","authors":"Yoanna S. Pumpalova","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1787826","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>We have made steady gains in improving overall survival in patients with metastatic, unresectable, colon cancer in the last 5 to 10 years. The backbone of systemic treatment for most patients remains combination chemotherapy, but the field is becoming increasingly biomarker driven, with exciting new targeted therapies on the horizon. This review is organized in sections corresponding to currently relevant biomarkers in colon cancer and will summarize first-, second-, and third-line standard of care for metastatic, unresectable, colon cancer. The last section is intended to introduce the reader to promising agents and novel therapeutic strategies currently under investigation.</p> ","PeriodicalId":48754,"journal":{"name":"Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1787826","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We have made steady gains in improving overall survival in patients with metastatic, unresectable, colon cancer in the last 5 to 10 years. The backbone of systemic treatment for most patients remains combination chemotherapy, but the field is becoming increasingly biomarker driven, with exciting new targeted therapies on the horizon. This review is organized in sections corresponding to currently relevant biomarkers in colon cancer and will summarize first-, second-, and third-line standard of care for metastatic, unresectable, colon cancer. The last section is intended to introduce the reader to promising agents and novel therapeutic strategies currently under investigation.
期刊介绍:
Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery is a review journal that publishes topic-specific issues on diseases of the small bowel, colon, rectum, and anus.
Designed for clinicians, researchers, and educators involved with diseases of the intestinal tract, the journal covers a broad spectrum of basic information, controversial clinical issues, and established and innovative diagnostic techniques.
Issue topics comprehensively cover the entire specialty over a 3-4 year period, allowing the articles to serve as study material for educational programs and certifying examinations. The inclusion of research and clinical material also allows physicians to remain knowledgeable of current advances in the specialty.