Comments on: Adding Erbitux to First Line Chemotherapy Helps Advanced Colorectal Cancer Patients with Wild Type KRAS http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/research_news/2010/06/adding_erbitux_to_first_line_chemotherapy_helps_advanced_colorectal_cancer_patients_with_wild_type_kras We envision victory over colorectal cancer Wed, 23 May 2012 21:37:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kate Murphy http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/research_news/2010/06/adding_erbitux_to_first_line_chemotherapy_helps_advanced_colorectal_cancer_patients_with_wild_type_kras/comment-page-1#comment-8789 Kate Murphy Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:46:39 +0000 http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/?p=8768#comment-8789 What is important in elderly patients is not their age, but if they have other serious medical problems -- what doctors call "medically fit." Erbitux (cetuximab) is as effective in older patients who are medically fit as it is in younger ones. If it is combined with irinotecan (FOLFIRI), older patients may have more side effects. Experience has found older patients may need a lower dose of irinotecan to reduce risk of side effects. What is important in elderly patients is not their age, but if they have other serious medical problems — what doctors call “medically fit.”

Erbitux (cetuximab) is as effective in older patients who are medically fit as it is in younger ones.

If it is combined with irinotecan (FOLFIRI), older patients may have more side effects. Experience has found older patients may need a lower dose of irinotecan to reduce risk of side effects.

]]> By: Nancy http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/research_news/2010/06/adding_erbitux_to_first_line_chemotherapy_helps_advanced_colorectal_cancer_patients_with_wild_type_kras/comment-page-1#comment-8783 Nancy Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:43:27 +0000 http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/?p=8768#comment-8783 Do you have any information on age of the patient at the time of the initiation of chemo and how that factor influences the outcomes? Do you have any information on age of the patient at the time of the initiation of chemo and how that factor influences the outcomes?

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