Conclusion Innovative cetuximab-based maintenance therapy showed a trend toward improving the prognosis of mCRC patients with RAS and BRAF wild-type, while the toxic side effects of maintenance therapy were manageable.
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A two-stage maintenance trial of cetuximab-based treatment in RAS and BRAF wild-type unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer: a retrospective real-world study.
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Furthermore, while maintenance therapy appears to influence OS in patients with their primary tumor resected positively, those treated locally for metastases do not demonstrate a significant trend toward enhanced OS benefits.
This indicates that patients on maintenance therapy exhibit a favorable trend in disease progression and survival outcomes, with the treatment being well tolerated.