Colorectal cancer is the most common gastrointestinal malignancy and the third most frequently diagnosed cancer worldwide. Trifluridine/tipiracil represents an approved option for the treatment of advanced metastatic colorectal cancer in patients who are refractory, or are not considered candidates for currently available therapies. We present a case of a young woman with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer treated with this agent as the IV line of chemotherapy in which remarkable prolongation of progression free survival time was observed.
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Colorectal cancer is the second cause of death from malignant cancer, following lung cancer. Approximately 35–45% of patients with colorectal cancer will develop distant metastases over time. Palliative systemic treatment remains the standard for non-operative distant metastases. TAS-102 is a novel orally administered antineoplasmatic thymidine-based nucleoside analog which represents an approved option for the treatment of advanced metastatic colorectal cancer in patients who are refractory, or are not considered canditates for, currently available therapies.
A case of 73-year-old patient with metastatic colorectal cancer who underwent trifluridine/tipiracil therapy within the VI line was presented. Treatment with trifluridine/tipiracil allowed to achieve stabilization of the existing cancer for nearly 7 months.
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