The European Commission approved Fruzaqla (fruquintinib) as a monotherapy indicated for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who have been previously treated with available standard therapies, including fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin-, and irinotecan-based chemotherapies, anti-VEGF agents, and anti-EGFR agents, and who have progressed on or are intolerant to treatment with either trifluridine-tipiracil or regorafenib.
As a gastroenterologist, I’ve had the sobering experience of delivering a colorectal cancer diagnosis for far too many patients and family members. Some meant to get screened but never found the time. Others thought it didn’t apply to them or assumed it would be too inconvenient.
