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What would be your next step in management for a patient with oligometastatic colon NEC who only achieved stable disease after 4 cycles of carboplatin/etoposide?

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Medical Oncology · Mayo Clinic

There are essentially 2 options here: 1) To take a therapy break; 2) To continue.

Resection is only considered for highly selected cases of NEC and almost never for metastatic disease as early recurrence is the rule. I am not the only one who has noticed that the ORR and likely OS to platinum/etoposi...

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