As presented at the 2025 ASCO GI Cancers Symposium: in the phase 3 BREAKWATER trial, patients with previously untreated BRAF V600E metastatic colorectal cancer received the BRAF inhibitor encorafenib, the anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody cetuximab and chemotherapy mFOLFOX6 versus investigator’s choice of chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab, leading to an improved objective response rate, with the dual primary endpoint of progression free survival still maturing. This evidence concerns the gene BRAF and metastatic colorectal cancer.