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Association of Primary Tumor Site With Mortality in Patients Receiving Bevacizumab and Cetuximab for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Author(s) -
Mayada Aljehani,
John W. Morgan,
Laurel A. Guthrie,
Brice Jabo,
Majed Ramadan,
Khaled Bahjri,
Sharon S. Lum,
Matthew J. Selleck,
Mark E. Reeves,
Carlos A. Garberoglio,
Maheswari Senthil
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.3466
Subject(s) - medicine , cetuximab , bevacizumab , colorectal cancer , kras , oncology , hazard ratio , population , cancer , chemotherapy , confidence interval , environmental health
Biologic therapy (BT) (eg, bevacizumab or cetuximab) is increasingly used to treat metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Recent investigations have suggested that right- or left-sided primary tumor origin affects survival and response to BT.

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