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Conversion Surgery After Encorafenib Plus Cetuximab for Chemorefractory BRAF V600E-mutated Colorectal Cancer With Para-aortic Lymph Node Metastases.
In vivo (Athens, Greece) - 1 Jan 2000
Kawata Ayane, Miyamoto Yuji, Fukubayashi Kotaro, Horio Takato, Miyamoto Hideaki, Ogawa Katsuhiro, Ouchi Mayuko, Tanaka Yasuhito, Baba Hideo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIM: Mutant BRAF V600E colorectal cancer accounts for 5% of metastatic colorectal cancers, and it has a poor response to systemic chemotherapy and a poor prognosis. However, combination treatment involving MAPK pathway blockade is effective for this cancer. Herein, we report a case of a patient who underwent conversion surgery after encorafenib plus cetuximab for chemorefractory BRAF V600E-mutated...
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