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Allan A Lima Pereira, Gabriel Lenz, Tiago Biachi de Castria

Despite being considered a rare type of malignancy, constituting only 3% of all gastrointestinal cancers, the incidence of biliary tract cancers (BTCs) has been increasing worldwide in recent years, with about 20,000 new cases annually only in the USA.1–3 These cancers arise from the biliary epithelium of the small ducts in the periphery of the liver […]

Takayuki Yoshino, ASCO 2022: The impact of tumour location on prognosis in metastatic colorectal cancer

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Published Online: Jun 24th 2022

Dr Takayuki Yoshino (National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan) discusses the findings from the phase 3 PARADIGM trial, which was part of a plenary session and selected as one of the top abstracts from the conference. The trial assessed panitumumab plus mFOLFOX6 versus bevacizumab plus mFOLFOX6 as first-line treatment in patients with RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer.

Related video: Takayuki Yoshino, ASCO 2022: PARADIGM trial of panitumumab plus mFOLFOX6 versus bevacizumab plus mFOLFOX6 as first-line treatment in patients with MCRC

The abstract ‘Panitumumab (PAN) plus mFOLFOX6 versus bevacizumab (BEV) plus mFOLFOX6 as first-line treatment in patients with RAS wild-type (WT) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC): Results from the phase 3 PARADIGM trial.’ (Abstract number LBA1) was presented at the ASCO annual meeting, 3-7 June 2022.

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  1. What is the impact of tumour location on prognosis in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC)? (00:12-01:30)
  2. What was already known about the efficacy of initial treatment with panitumumab or bevacizumab plus mFOLFOX6 in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer? (01:30-02:58)

Disclosures: Takayuki Yoshino has nothing to disclose in relation to this video interview.

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media Ltd. Interview conducted by Sophie Nickelson.

Filmed in coverage of the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting.

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