The Stromal and Immune Landscape of Colorectal Cancer Progression during Anti-EGFR Therapy

Cancer Cell. 2019 Jul 8;36(1):1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2019.06.001.

Abstract

In this issue of Cancer Cell, Woolston et al. show that colorectal cancers that become refractory to initially effective anti-EGFR therapy contain an abundance of stromal and immune cells, irrespective of the contextual presence of resistance-conferring mutations. This reconfiguration puts forward therapeutic opportunities for patients who relapse on EGFR-targeting treatment.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents*
  • Colorectal Neoplasms*
  • ErbB Receptors
  • Genomics
  • Humans
  • Mutation
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Transcriptome

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • EGFR protein, human
  • ErbB Receptors