Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Program Leader, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Mayo Clinic Cancer
Center Consultant
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
There have been significant improvements in the survival of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) over the past decade. However, patients with the disease who fail to respond to first- or second-line therapies, including chemotherapy and monoclonal antibodies, have few treatment options. Advances in subsequent treatment lines rather than in first- or second-line therapies now drive improvements in survival for these patients.