Journal of International Oncology 2011;38(3):220-223

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-422X.2011.03.019

The latest advances on targeted therapy for colorectal cancer from 2010 ASCO

Xiaofeng CHEN ; Renhua GUO ; Yongqian SHU

Keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Biological therapy; Tumor marker,biological

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Targeted therapy combined with chemotherapy has achieved great success in palliative treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer.Recent studies gave more emphasis on new fields,such as maintenance treatment,adjuvant treatment and the prognostic & predictive biomarker.These advances have been gradually changing the treatment strategies for colorectal cancer.The latest advances on the targeted therapy for colorectal cancer from the 2010 Annual Meeting of American Society of Clinical Oncology are reviewed below.