Lisa Baddi, DO

In the “Current Status of AdjuvantTherapy for Colorectal Cancer,”Dr. O’Connell provides importanthighlights of historical and recent developmentsin adjuvant treatment forcolon and rectal cancer. In addition,he provides insight into the future directionsof research for adjuvant therapyof cancer of the colon and rectum.As the review is thorough, wewould like to expand upon a coupleof areas including lymph node evaluation,changes to the staging system,and the use of molecular prognosticand predictive markers in futurestudies.