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Mol Clin Oncol. 2016 Aug;5(2):375-379. doi: 10.3892/mco.2016.938. Epub 2016 Jun 17.

First-line cetuximab-based chemotherapies for patients with advanced or metastatic .

Molecular and clinical oncology

Mamoru Uemura, Ho Min Kim, Tsuyoshi Hata, Kazuya Sakata, Masaki Okuyama, Hiroyoshi Takemoto, Hitoshi Fujii, Takayuki Fukuzaki, Tetsushi Morita, Taishi Hata, Ichiro Takemasa, Taroh Satoh, Tsunekazu Mizushima, Yuichiro Doki, Maski Mori,

Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Osaka National Hospital, Osaka 540-0006, Japan; Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
  2. Department of Surgery, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Osaka 591-8025, Japan; Department of Surgery, Rinku General Medical Center, Osaka 598-8577, Japan.
  3. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
  4. Department of Surgery, Higashiosaka City General Hospital, Osaka 578-8588, Japan.
  5. Department of Surgery, Sakai City Medical Center, Osaka 593-8304, Japan.
  6. Department of Surgery, Rinku General Medical Center, Osaka 598-8577, Japan.
  7. Department of Surgery, Ikeda Municipal Hospital, Osaka 563-8510, Japan.
  8. Department of Surgery, Nissei Hospital, Osaka 550-0012, Japan.
  9. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Department of Frontier-Science for Cancer and Chemotherapy, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.

PMID: 27446583 PMCID: PMC4950727 DOI: 10.3892/mco.2016.938

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most commonly occurring cancers worldwide. A burgeoning number of studies have demonstrated that the addition of cetuximab to another standard first-line regimen markedly improves the outcome of CRC treatment. However, at present, the efficacy and safety of cetuximab-based combination chemotherapy has not been well described in Japan. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of first-line chemotherapies that included cetuximab for patients with advanced or metastatic Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (

Keywords: KRAS wild-type; cetuximab; colorectal cancer; first-line chemotherapy; irinotecan; oxaliplatin

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