Prognosis for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients Achieving Complete Response After Systemic Chemotherapy

ConclusionsPatients with CR to chemotherapy had a high probability of disease progression, but a relatively long-term prognosis. Treatment strategies after achievement of CR should be based an understanding of the high potential that tumor cells will remain. Use of maintenance chemotherapy after achievement of CR is still unclear, and the recent data do not demonstrate a negative impact for continuing maintenance chemotherapy after CR.
Source: Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research