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A member asked:
I mean if chemotherapy does not work fir metastic colon cancer , can anything be done , any new drugs ?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Discuss: With the oncologist .If one chemotherapy fails another group may be tried
Answered 5/27/2015
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Yes: Depending where mets are, direct therapy can be offered resecting lung lesions locally, using chemoembolization for lesions in liver and hyperthermic perfusion for peritoneal seeding. Immunotherapy for VEGF and epidermal growth factors can also be employed as well as new drugs in Phase II-III such as mAbs targeting post translational modification of MUC5ac and CEAcam 5,6`oncofetal proteins/
Answered 7/30/2015
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