Testing for Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) in Patients with Colorectal Cancer

The CHMP recommended for approval nivolumab/ipilimumab for patients with MSI-H and dMMR unresectable or metastatic colorectal cancer.

Oncology pharmacist Jagoda Misniakiewicz, PharmD, discusses the potential efficacy and safety profile of fruquintinib in patients with metastatic CRC.

Data from the BLUE-C trial support the approval of the Cologuard Plus test for colorectal cancer screening among at-risk individuals.

Surgical oncologists from Cleveland Clinic discuss the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer and its aim to improve patient outcomes.

The fixed-dose combination of favezelimab and pembrolizumab did not show an improvement in overall survival compared with the standard of care in patients with metastatic CRC.

The approval is based on results from the global phase 3 FRESCO-2 trial, which demonstrated improvement in OS in patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer.