Abstract

This meta-analysis aimed to document the impact of primary tumor site on anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody (mAb) benefit in metastatic colorectal cancer. Tumors with metastatic left-sided colorectal cancer (LCC) were compared with tumors with metastatic right-sided colon cancer (RCC) with respect to anti-EGFR mAb objective response rate (ORR), overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) benefit. Comparing LCC with RCC, LCC was found to have significantly superior anti-EGFR mAb ORR (p < 0.00001), OS (p < 0.00001) and PFS (p < 0.00001) benefit. Additionally, anti-EGFR mAb therapy significantly improved both OS and PFS for LCC compared with no anti-EGFR mAb therapy, but not for RCC. The test of interaction was also apparent for OS (p = 0.0002) and PFS (p = 0.0002). This meta-analysis demonstrated that LCC had markedly superior anti-EGFR mAb treatment benefit compared with RCC.

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