For a patient with metastatic colon cancer, KRAS WT, when would you consider using EGFR (cetuximab, panitumumab) over VEGF (bevacizumab) antagonists as inital therapy?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
Aside from obvious, when patients are contraindicated to bevacizumab due to recent surgery or bleeding, clotting, wound healing problems, I would consider first line if left sided colorectal cancer with negative KRAS, NRAS, BRAF. If you look at the survival benefit with Anti EGFR agents in fir...