Art of using maintenance therapy in a patient with metastatic colon cancer harboring RAS-wt/BRAF V600E

Authors

  • Mehrdad Payandeh Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
  • Afshin Karami Department of Hematology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Noorodin Karami Department of Genetics, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15419/bmrat.v9i9.767

Keywords:

Colon cancer, FOLFIRINOX, BRAF V600E, Vemurafenib

Abstract

Background: Colorectal cancer is one of the most common malignancies with a high rate of liver metastasis, and various gene mutations have been proven to be involved in its pathogenesis. One of them is BRAF gene mutations, the most frequent of which—V600E—has a poor prognosis in patients with colon cancer.

Case presentation: By applying the FOLFIRINOX regimen and a specific maintenance strategy containing vemurafenib, we achieved disappearance of metastatic lesions, no recurrence, and good stability in a Kurdish patient with metastatic colon cancer harboring RASwt/ BRAF V600E.

Conclusion: Our therapeutic strategy allows the selection of the most appropriate treatment approach for patients.

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Published

2022-09-30

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 9 (2022)

Section

Case report

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Copyright The Author(s) 2017. This article is published with open access by BioMedPress. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0) which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. 

How to Cite

Art of using maintenance therapy in a patient with metastatic colon cancer harboring RAS-wt/BRAF V600E. (2022). Biomedical Research and Therapy, 9(9), 5301-5305. https://doi.org/10.15419/bmrat.v9i9.767

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