How to incorporate a chemo-free interval into the management of metastatic colorectal cancer

Management of metastatic colorectal cancer reflects a continuum of care. The primary treatment goals are to prolong survival while maintaining the best quality of life. The recommended standard-of-care treatments in the first-line setting consist of combination chemotherapy regimens, given with or without biologic agents. Most patients will receive different lines of therapy for the rest of their life. In the context of lifelong therapy, incorporating chemo-free intervals is one strategy to help achieve these treatment goals. A principle of management is to ensure that all potentially active agents are available to patients. Third-line options for patients with an inadequate response to first-line and second-line therapy include regorafenib and trifluridine/tipiracil. These treatments should be initiated before the patient's performance status deteriorates. Patient characteristics should guide selection. The management plan now incorporates new lessons learned during the current global COVID-19 pandemic. One of the primary guiding principles underlying these recommendations is to avoid unnecessary clinic and hospital exposure. Telemedicine permits the remote management of patients who are receiving oral therapies. Many of these strategies will likely remain in place after the pandemic ends.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18 Suppl 16

Enthalten in:

Clinical advances in hematology & oncology : H&O - 18 Suppl 16(2020), 10 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 1-24

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Grothey, Axel [VerfasserIn]
Ciardiello, Fortunato [VerfasserIn]
Marshall, John L [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

24T2A1DOYB
Antineoplastic Agents
Drug Combinations
Journal Article
Phenylurea Compounds
Pyridines
Pyrrolidines
QR26YLT7LT
RMW9V5RW38
Regorafenib
Thymine
Trifluridine
Trifluridine tipiracil drug combination

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 20.04.2021

Date Revised 20.05.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323988911