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Erman Akkus: First line treatment of metastatic Colorectal Cancer in older patients

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Aug 31, 2024, 18:34

Erman Akkus: First line treatment of metastatic Colorectal Cancer in older patients

Erman Akkus, Medical Oncology Fellow at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, shared on X:

“FOLFOX/Xelox + beva vs. 5FU/cape +beva in first line treatment of metastatic CRC in older patients.

Median age 80 and 79
•No difference in PFS, 10 vs 9.4 mo.
•No difference in OS, 19.7 vs 21.3 mo.
•grade ≥3 AEs 69% vs. 52%

~65% left sided and ~36% RAS WT.”

Erman Akkus

Oxaliplatin Added to Fluoropyrimidine/Bevacizumab as Initial Therapy for Unresectable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer in Older Patients: A Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label Phase III Trial (JCOG1018)

Authors: Atsuo Takashima, Tetsuya Hamaguchi, Junki Mizusawa, Fumio Nagashima, Masahiko Ando, Hitoshi Ojima, Tadamichi Denda, Jun Watanabe, Katsunori Shinozaki, Hideo Baba, Masako Asayama, Seiji Hasegawa, Toshiki Masuishi, Ken Nakata, Shunsuke Tsukamoto, Hiroshi Katayama, Kenichi Nakamura, Haruhiko Fukuda, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Yasuhiro Shimada,

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