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What's new — Colorectal adenocarcinoma

Generated 2026-09-03 from the publication dates of every paper cited in this condition's pages.

This page answers a different question from the curation log. The log says when we last edited a page; this says how recent the evidence on those pages is — so you can tell settled ground from a field that is actively moving, and jump straight to what has emerged lately.

How much of this condition's evidence is recent

Published within Cited papers
last week 0
last month 0
last 2 months 0
last 3 months 3
last 6 months 4
last year 8
older than a year 284

Counts are cumulative: a paper from last week also counts inside "last month". Dates are PubMed publication or e-publication dates, so a paper may have appeared online before its journal issue.

Newest evidence first

The most recent cited papers, with the pages that use them.

Published Paper Cited on
2026-07-02 Disparities in colonoscopy adherence and neoplasia detection after positive fecal immunochemical test: a retrospective matched cohort study — Cancer Causes Control ([PMID 42517977](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42517977/){target="_blank" rel="noopener"}) screening-and-early-detection
2026-07-02 Common analysis pitfalls in longitudinal ctDNA studies: lead time, sensitivity and immortal time bias — EBioMedicine ([PMID 42508231](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42508231/){target="_blank" rel="noopener"}) biomarkers-and-liquid-biopsy
2026-07-01 Thermal ablation versus liver resection for small colorectal liver metastases (≤ 3 cm): a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and propensity score-matched studies — Surg Endosc ([PMID 42463528](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42463528/){target="_blank" rel="noopener"}) liver-and-lung-metastasis
2026-05-05 Long-term effects of colonoscopy screening on colorectal cancer incidence and mortality: a multicountry, population-based randomised controlled trial — Lancet ([PMID 42102826](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42102826/){target="_blank" rel="noopener"}) screening-and-early-detection
2026-01-02 Circulating Tumor DNA as a Biomarker for Recurrence After Curative Resection of Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis — Clin Colorectal Cancer ([PMID 41723037](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41723037/){target="_blank" rel="noopener"}) biomarkers-and-liquid-biopsy
2026-01-02 Psychosocial effects and quality of life after stoma surgery: systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis — BMC Psychol ([PMID 41578363](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41578363/){target="_blank" rel="noopener"}) patient-experience-and-advocacy
2025-11-01 Systemic chemotherapy for patients with resectable or resected colorectal cancer liver metastases: An individual patient data meta-analysis — Eur J Cancer ([PMID 41197289](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41197289/){target="_blank" rel="noopener"}) liver-and-lung-metastasis
2025-10-02 Circulating tumor DNA-guided adjuvant therapy in locally advanced colon cancer: the randomized phase 2/3 DYNAMIC-III trial — Nat Med ([PMID 41115959](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41115959/){target="_blank" rel="noopener"}) biomarkers-and-liquid-biopsy, clinical-trials-landscape, localized-colon-cancer

Trials — what has moved

31 registered trials are cited by this condition's pages. Registry records were re-checked live when this page was generated, so status, enrolment and results-posting below reflect ClinicalTrials.gov as of that date.

Registry activity Trials
trial records updated in the last week 0
trial records updated in the last month 6
trial records updated in the last 2 months 10
trial records updated in the last 3 months 12
trial records updated in the last 6 months 17
trial records updated in the last year 22

Recently updated registrations

Updated Trial Phase Status N Cited on
2026-08-24 Trial Evaluating 3-year Disease Free Survival in Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Can PHASE2 ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING 358 clinical-trials-landscape
2026-08-21 Study of Sotorasib, Panitumumab and FOLFIRI Versus FOLFIRI With or Without Bevacizumab-aww PHASE3 RECRUITING 450 clinical-trials-landscape
2026-08-20 A Study of Nivolumab, Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab, or Investigator's Choice Chemotherapy for PHASE3 ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING 839 clinical-trials-landscape
2026-08-19 Exercise for Gut Microbiome in Patients With Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Undergoing Chem NA RECRUITING 84 clinical-trials-landscape
2026-08-18 Testing Pump Chemotherapy in Addition to Standard of Care Chemotherapy Versus Standard of PHASE3 RECRUITING 408 clinical-trials-landscape
2026-08-17 Short RT Versus RCT,Followed by Chemo and Organ Preservation for Interm and High-risk Rect PHASE3 ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING 702 clinical-trials-landscape
2026-08-03 A Study of the Duration of Dostarlimab in Untreated Mismatch Repair Deficient (dMMR)/ Micr PHASE3 NOT_YET_RECRUITING 90 clinical-trials-landscape
2026-07-22 Personalizing Chemotherapy Selection After Surgery for Patients With Stage III Colorectal PHASE3 ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING 2450 clinical-trials-landscape
2026-07-22 Sotorasib and Panitumumab Versus Investigator's Choice for Participants With Kirsten Rat S PHASE3 COMPLETED 160 clinical-trials-landscape
2026-07-07 Early Onset Colorectal Cancer Detection NA RECRUITING 400 clinical-trials-landscape
2026-06-11 A Study of Encorafenib Plus Cetuximab With or Without Chemotherapy in People With Previous PHASE3 ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING 841 clinical-trials-landscape
2026-06-09 ctDNA-Based Adjuvant Chemotherapy for High-Risk Rectal Cancer PHASE3 RECRUITING 103 clinical-trials-landscape
2026-05-26 A Study of Dostarlimab in Untreated dMMR/MSI-H Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer PHASE2 ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING 154 clinical-trials-landscape
2026-05-22 Investigate the Efficacy of Chemotherapy in Patients With Positive ctDNA After Surgery and PHASE3 RECRUITING 1660 clinical-trials-landscape
2026-05-01 Randomized Controlled Study of Plasma ctDNA Methylation-Guided Adjuvant Chemotherapy in St PHASE2 RECRUITING 80 clinical-trials-landscape

Posted efficacy and safety results

Trials whose sponsors have posted results to the registry. Adverse-event figures are participant counts summed across all arms as reported — read them against enrolment, and follow the registry link for the arm-by-arm breakdown that determines whether a signal is real.

Results posted Trial Phase N Primary outcome Serious AE Other AE Deaths
2026-07-22 Sotorasib and Panitumumab Versus Investigator's Choice for Participant PHASE3 160 Progression-free Survival (PFS) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in So 46 152 56
2026-06-11 A Study of Encorafenib Plus Cetuximab With or Without Chemotherapy in PHASE3 841 SLI: Number of Participants With Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLTs) 321 790 400
2025-09-22 A Study of Nivolumab, Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab, or Investigator's Cho PHASE3 839 Progression-free Survival (PFS) by Blinded Independent Review Center ( 431 807 339
2023-04-18 Tucatinib Plus Trastuzumab in Patients With HER2+ Colorectal Cancer PHASE2 117 Confirmed Objective Response Rate (cORR) Per RECIST v1.1 Per Blinded I 29 133 71

26 of these trials are still recruiting or active — see the condition's clinical trials page for the full landscape.

Which pages rest on the newest evidence

🔥 marks a page citing three or more papers from the last year — the pages worth re-reading if you have been away.

Page Newest citation In last year Total citations
biomarkers-and-liquid-biopsy 2026-07-02 3 25
screening-and-early-detection 2026-07-02 2 26
liver-and-lung-metastasis 2026-07-01 2 26
patient-experience-and-advocacy 2026-01-02 1 26
clinical-trials-landscape 2025-10-02 1 19
localized-colon-cancer 2025-10-02 1 25
hereditary-syndromes-and-genetics 2025-07-03 0 26
epidemiology-and-burden 2025-04-02 0 25
localized-rectal-cancer 2025-04-02 0 25
survivorship-and-late-effects 2025-04-02 0 26
guidelines 2025-01-02 0 34
metastatic-systemic-therapy 2025-01-02 0 25
overview 2025-01-02 0 49
precision-oncology 2025-01-02 0 25
red-flags-and-safety-concerns 2025-01-02 0 25
molecular-subtypes-and-tumor-microenvironment 2024-09-04 0 26
pathology-staging-and-diagnostic-workup 2024-09-01 0 25
adenoma-carcinoma-and-serrated-pathways 2024-03-07 0 25

Recency is not quality: an old paper may be the definitive one, and a new paper may not replicate. Use this to find movement, not to rank evidence. See open questions for what remains unresolved, and the curation log for when these pages were last revised.