February 08, 2019
Cancer Network spoke with Dr. Karyn Goodman about the importance of developing a systematic therapy regimen for the treatment of esophagogastric cancer.
July 15, 2016
These guidelines review the use of radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery in borderline and unresectable pancreas cancer. Radiation technique, dose, and targets were evaluated, as was the recommended chemotherapy, administered either alone or concurrently with radiation. This report will aid clinicians in determining guidelines for the optimal treatment of borderline and unresectable pancreatic cancer.
August 15, 2015
For resectable gastric cancer, perioperative chemotherapy or adjuvant chemoradiation with chemotherapy are standards of care. The decision making for adjuvant therapeutic management can depend on the stage of the cancer, lymph node positivity, and extent of surgical resection.
October 15, 2014
The management of rectal cancer in patients with metastatic disease at presentation is highly variable. Although chemoradiation is standard for patients with stage II/III rectal cancer, its role in the metastatic setting is controversial.
June 02, 2008
In this issue of ONCOLOGY, Drs. Patel, Puthillath, Yang, and Fakih discuss the evolution of adjuvant therapy for locally advanced rectal cancer from postoperative to preoperative radiation and provide a fairly comprehensive review of the data on adjuvant/neoadjuvant chemoradiation for rectal cancer. The authors then attempt to critically evaluate the use of combination chemotherapy regimens in the neoadjuvant setting, asking the question, “Is more better?”