Take a deeper dive into the topic of Precision Medicine and what this means for colorectal cancer. This webinar is brought to you by Fight CRC’s Research Advocacy Training and Support (RATS) program.
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Gastrointestinal Malignancies Program
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3. What is a RESEARCH ADVOCATE?
A research advocate brings a patient viewpoint to
the research process and communicates a
collective patient perspective
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6. Speaker: Chris Lieu, M.D.
Dr. Lieu is one of our hosts for the research advocacy
training at the University of Colorado. Dr. Lieu joined
the University of Colorado School of Medicine faculty
as an Assistant Professor in July 2011.
He trained in internal medicine at the University of
Colorado, where he also served as a Chief Medical
Resident. He completed his fellowship training in
medical oncology at the University of Texas MD
Anderson Cancer Center and served as the Chief
Medical Oncology Fellow in 2010.
7. Precision Medicine and Immunotherapy
Research Advocacy Training and Support
Christopher Lieu, MD
University of Colorado
Gastrointestinal Malignancies Program
October 22, 2015
Christopher Lieu, MD
University of Colorado
Gastrointestinal Malignancies Program
Christopher Lieu, MD
University of Colorado
Gastrointestinal Malignancies Program
17. RAS Mutations Predict (Lack of) Benefit to
EGFR Therapy
Refractory CRC R
Cetuximab alone
Best supportive care
Karapetis et al. NEJM 2008, 359 (17): 1757
18. BRAF Mutant Colon Cancer: Atypical Location of
Metastases and Poor Survival
Tran, Kopetz, et al, Cancer ‘11
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type
P<0.05
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P<0.05
Increasedincidence
comparedtoBRAFwildtype
Hazard Ratio of 10.6 for OS
Less than 1 year OS
22. The Importance of the PD-1/PD-L1 Pathway
• Inhibiting PD-L1/PD-1 and PD-
L1/B7.1 interactions can restore
antitumor T-cell activity and enhance
T-cell priming
• Antibodies that bind to PD-1 and PD-
L1 are currently in development
• Nivolumab and pembrolizumab are
currently FDA-approved
1. Akbari. Mucosal Immunol. 2010; 2. Matsumoto. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008.
26. Summary
• Biomarker testing is becoming more common,
especially in clinical trials
– Testing is usually performed by biopsy, but new
technologies are emerging (e.g. liquid biopsy)
• We are limited by what we don’t know about cancer
biology
– Biomarkers aren’t perfect
• Immunotherapies are emerging as effective treatment
options
– Currently, they do not work for all tumors
27. Question & Answer:
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