The Future of BRAF-Mutant mCRC Management

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Christina Wu, MB, BCh, MD, closes the program by expressing the necessity of enrolling patients with BRAF-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer in clinical trials, highlighting a second-line study led by the Southwest Oncology Group, new BRAF inhibitors, early phase studies at the Mayo Clinic, and an exciting study in the adjuvant setting.

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