Published on:
December 2, 2022
Kristen K. Ciombor, MD, MSCI, subordinate prof of medicine astatine Vanderbilt University, spoke connected the request for precision medicine approaches successful colorectal cancer.
There is simply a request for precision medicine approaches successful colorectal cancer, said Kristen K. Ciombor, MD, MSCI, subordinate prof of medicine astatine Vanderbilt University, speaking astatine an Institute for Value Based Medicine® meeting.
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How bash rising rates of colorectal crab among younger patients constituent to the request for precision medicine approaches successful this benignant of cancer?
We’ve been seeing precocious that colorectal cancer is expanding successful the young, with the highest accrued incidence successful patients nether 50.
Now we person truthful galore different options different than conscionable modular chemotherapy. We bash cognize that adjacent procreation sequencing aboriginal connected successful the diagnosis tin beryllium indispensable successful demonstrating improved outcomes erstwhile we tin people these treatments specifically to the patient's tumor.
There are beauteous precocious rates of microsatellite instability, BRAF-2, oregon KRAS mutations and different things that are progressively actionable. And so, we truly privation to beryllium capable to connection our champion therapies particularly for patients who are younger with this disease.
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