Panelists discuss how endpoint prioritization in late-line metastatic colorectal cancer therapy differs between providers and patients, with pharmacists focusing primarily on progression-free survival and quality of life since patients frequently ask about living long enough to reach specific life events rather than overall survival statistics, while oncologists balance survival importance with comfort using regimens that have robust response rates and good quality of life even without level-one survival evidence, emphasizing that future research must be patient-centered by incorporating patient advocates and understanding what patients truly value most, as demonstrated by the disconnect between clinician focus on recurrence risk versus patient concerns about ostomy outcomes in rectal cancer, and requiring multidisciplinary approaches to staying current with evolving data through journal clubs, professional organization memberships, and increasingly social media platforms as starting points for identifying relevant clinical developments.

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