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AACR: Combination treatment is well-tolerated, shows antitumor effects in KRAS G12C-mutated metastatic colorectal ... - EurekAlert


<p>Combining the KRAS G12C inhibitor adagrasib with the anti-EGFR antibody cetuximab demonstrated promising anti-tumor effects in patients with <em>KRAS G12C-</em>mutated metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC), according to pooled results from the Phase I/II KRYSTAL-1 trial reported by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center<u>.&nbsp;</u>The findings were presented today in a plenary session at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2024 by Scott Kopetz, M.D., Ph.D., professor of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology and associate vice president of Translational Integration<u>, and </u>published in <em>Cancer Discovery</em>, a journal of the AACR.</p>

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