Clinical update on colorectal cancer

In his latest Clinical Update, Gary Culliton reviews emerging issues in the area of colorectal cancer, looking in particular at metastatic disease. Therapeutic role of systemic management is considered Dr Maeve Lowery’s areas of specialty are hepatobiliary cancer and colorectal cancer. The consultant oncologist at New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre has pioneered use of therapies targeted at these cancers. Her talk at the recent Mater Hospital ‘Innovations in Colorectal Cancer’ meeting covered systemic management of peritoneal metastases. Discussion at the meeting centred on management of metastatic colorectal cancer and metastatic appendiceal cancer. Peritoneal metastases from colon cancer typically…