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What initial systemic therapy would you offer a patient with metastatic colon cancer with BRAF V600E mutation, MSS, who is not an oxaliplatin candidate?

Would you include single-agent fluoropyrimidine, proceed with EC alone (like BEACON/the EC arm of BREAKWATER), or offer FOLFIRI despite the encorafenib-irinotecan drug-drug interaction?
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Medical Oncology · City of Hope Orange County
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In patients with BRAF-V600E mutant colon cancer who are not candidates for oxaliplatin, replacing the chemo backbone with FOLFIRI is what I’ve done for a few patients without any clinical or insurance issues.

This is based on the BREAKWATER study, which, of note, had a FOLFIRI/EC arm - results report...

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