title: Sequential or combination chemotherapy for a patient with mCRC?
abstract: A 62-year-old male presents with colon cancer that has metastasized to both lobes of the liver. Resection was performed; chemotherapy initially consisted of combination treatment with FOLFIRI or XELIRI plus bevacizumab, with the possibility of changing treatment to either FU/LV or capecitabine, combined with bevacizumab. Although reported data would allow the consideration of a strategy of sequential treatment in this patient, the consulting oncologists treating him have acknowledged the benefit of a strategy employing "inductive" combination chemotherapy plus monoclonal antibodies. Combination chemotherapy offers the potential for longer treatment holidays than is possible with sequential therapy. One of the enduring concepts informing treatment decisions for mCRC is that patients who receive the three mainstays of drug treatment fluorouracil, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin fare better than those who do not.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology and Hematology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany. dirk.arnold@medizin.uni-halle.de
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arnold
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000068258:Bevacizumab; D002166:Camptothecin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000069287:Capecitabine; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003841:Deoxycytidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D002955:Leucovorin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D003841:Deoxycytidine; D000068258:Bevacizumab; D000069287:Capecitabine; D002955:Leucovorin; D005472:Fluorouracil; D002166:Camptothecin