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If an average-risk, physically fit, resected stage II colon cancer patient has a positive signatera result (3.2 MTM/ml), would you recommend adjuvant chemotherapy?

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If an average-risk, physically fit, resected stage II colon cancer patient has positive ctDNA, would you recommend adjuvant chemotherapy?

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Medical Oncology · City of Hope Orange County
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A Positive Tumor-informed assay like signatera is not just a prognostic or predictive marker, but more so signifies PERSISTENCE of disease.

A stage-2 average risk is not average risk anymore once you have a positive ctDNA result. Maybe in the future, the TNM would be revised to say TNM-MRD (Stage-2 ...

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Medical Oncology · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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I respectfully disagree on this issue with my colleague, Dr. @Dr. First Last. I do not draw, nor recommend, ctDNA in stage II or III colon cancer patients outside of a clinical trial. I would not give a favorable risk stage II patient chemo based on such a test. Dr. Kasi has cited the study by Dr. T...

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I strongly would recommend adjuvant chemotherapy in the stage II colon patient with positive postoperative ctDNA. In my discussion with other GI oncologists, most agree with this position. I feel that there is sufficient data to support this plan. The main dilemma is the situation where ctDNA is pos...

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Medical Oncology · Hematology Oncology Consultants
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I thoroughly support the use of ctDNA in adjuvant tx decisions for Stage II colon cancer.

Stage II colon cancer identification as “favorable” or “ unfavorable” based on path and clinical risk factors may increase expected relapse risk from standard 15% up to perhaps 30%. This risk categorization is r...

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Medical Oncology · Mary Lanning Healthcare Morrison Cancer Center/University of Nebraska Medical Center Adjunct Faculty
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Post-surgical ctDNA has been studied as a marker for increased risk of recurrence in stage I-III colon cancer in several studies. In one prospective, multicenter study of 130 patients with stage I-III colon cancer, ctDNA detected 30 days after surgery was seven times more likely to be associated wit...

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