Encorafenib Plus Cetuximab as a New Standard of Care for Previously Treated BRAF V600E–Mutant Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Updated Survival Results and Subgroup Analyses from the BEACON Study
[Paper-level Aggregated] PMCID: PMC8078423
Evidence Type(s): Predictive, Oncogenic
Justification: Predictive: The study evaluates the efficacy of encorafenib plus cetuximab in patients with BRAFV600E-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer, indicating that the presence of the BRAFV600E variant predicts a response to this treatment regimen. Oncogenic: The mention of BRAFV600E as a mutation in metastatic colorectal cancer suggests that it plays a role in the oncogenesis of this cancer type, as it is a known driver mutation associated with tumor development.
Gene→Variant (gene-first): BRAF(673):BRAFV600E BRAF(673):V600E
Genes: BRAF(673)
Variants: BRAFV600E V600E