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Targeted therapy
Have done 1 cycle of chemotherapy with oxaliplatin +capacetibine for stage 4 colon cancer .spread to segment 5 of liver and lymphnodes.Biomarker tests shows Nras and kras mutations as wild type and braf v600e mutation as positive.
After seeing the reports again continued the same chemo of oxaliplatin+capacetibine as first line of trwatment.
Is targeted therapy not work for above gene mutations.
If helps when it can be started.
Please suggest
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Braf V600E mutation positive predicts for lack of response to cetuximab hence it is not adviced by your medical oncologist...discuss with your medical oncologist for better understanding
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Can be started as first or from second line treatment onwards.sometime it is clinical decision
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Talk to your medical oncologist about possibility of Cetuximab... Please share more reports for opinion
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