455P Concordance of baseline RAS mutational status (ms) between tissue and cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and association with overall response rate (ORR) in first-line (1L) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients (pts): PERSEIDA study (cohort 2) (NCT02792478)

ESMO consensus guidelines for the management of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer

Contains fulltext : 165965.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common malignancies in Western countries. Over the last 20 years, and the last decade in particular, the clinical outcome for patients with metastatic CRC (mCRC) has improved greatly due not only to an increase in the number of patients being referred for and undergoing surgical resection of their localised metastatic disease but also to a more strategic approach to the delivery of systemic therapy and an expansion in the use of ablative techniques. This reflects the increase in the number of patients that are being managed within a multidisciplinary team environment and speciali…

Clinical practice evaluation of opioids induced constipation management in cancer patients: The EIO-Praxis project

Abstract Background In 2017, the ECO Foundation (Excellence and Quality in Oncology) completed the EIO-50 project to learn about the diagnostic and treatment criteria of opioid-induced constipation (OIC) in cancer patients. The EIO-Praxis project was designed as a continuation of EIO-50, to learn about the current clinical practice of oncology professionals for the management of patients with OIC (process, follow-up and results). Methods 77 health care professionals (HCP) from oncology units participated in the study. Each investigator collected information from 10 medical records of cancer patients who received OIC treatment, with a total of 770 records. In each center, 6 indicators of its…