Colorectal cancer in 2017: Practice-changing updates in the adjuvant and metastatic setting.

Nat Rev Clin Oncol

Division of Medical Oncology, Suite 3456, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA.

Published: February 2018

2017 has been full of new discoveries that will influence the treatment of colorectal cancer. In the adjuvant setting, 3 months of chemotherapy might now be considered a new standard of care. Various other new treatments and promising biomarkers have also become available that will improve survival outcomes and the quality of life of many patients with metastatic disease.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7491976PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrclinonc.2017.185DOI Listing

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