September 26th 2024
Eleven votes were cast against the favorability of using anti–PD-1 inhibitors in patients with ESCC and a PD-L1 expression of less than 1.
January 24th 2024
2024 International Symposium of Gastrointestinal Oncology (ISGIO)
October 11-12, 2024
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PER LIVER CANCER TUMOR BOARD: How Do Evolving Data for Immune-Based Strategies in Resectable and Unresectable ...
November 16, 2024
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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Community Oncology Connections™: Overcoming Barriers to Testing, Trial Access, and Equitable Care in Cancer
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The Next Wave in Biliary Tract Cancers: Leveraging Immunogenicity to Optimize Patient Outcomes in an Evolving Treatment Landscape
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Community Practice Connections™: 9th Annual School of Gastrointestinal Oncology®
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BURST CME™: Illuminating the Crossroads of Precision Medicine and Targeted Treatment Options in Metastatic CRC
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Fighting Disparities and Saving Lives: An Exploration of Challenges and Solutions in Cancer Care
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Community Practice Connections™: 14th Asia-Pacific Primary Liver Cancer Expert Meeting
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Lenvatinib Combo Demonstrates Safety, Activity in Metastatic ESCC
October 23rd 2023Investigators will continue to assess the efficacy and safety of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab and chemotherapy as frontline treatment for patients with metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in part 2 of the LEAP-014 study.
Daniel V. T. Catenacci, MD, and colleagues present findings from a study of circulating tumor DNA as a predictive biomarker for gastric and gastroesophageal cancer.
Tislelizumab/Chemo Yields Survival Benefit in Advanced Esophageal Cancer
April 25th 2023Investigators report that patients with advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma may have superior overall survival benefit following treatment with tislelizumab/chemotherapy vs placebo/chemotherapy.
First-Line Nivolumab Combos Yield Improved OS Vs Chemo Alone in Esophageal Cancer
February 22nd 2022The CheckMate 648 trial found that using a combination of nivolumab and chemotherapy or nivolumab plus ipilimumab vs chemotherapy alone improved survival in advanced esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma.
Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy Combination Improves Survival in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
September 21st 2021Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy compared with the placebo plus chemotherapy demonstrated an improvement in overall survival and progression-free survival for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
Tiragolumab/Atezolizumab Demonstrate Promising Preliminary Activity in Metastatic Esophageal Cancer
July 12th 2021Preliminary data from the phase 1b GO30103 study indicated that the combination of tiragolumab plus atezolizumab may have promise in patients with heavily pretreated metastatic esophageal cancer.
Tislelizumab Improves OS Compared With Chemo in Advanced Unresectable or Metastatic ESCC
January 28th 2021The phase 3 RATIONALE 302 trial demonstrated that compared to chemotherapy, tislelizumab showed a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival in the intention-to-treat population of patients with advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
Young-Onset Esophageal Incidence, Advanced Disease Diagnosis on the Rise
January 6th 2021In addition to a concerning trend of increased rates of esophageal adenocarcinoma noted over the last 4 decades, this study also found that the proportion of those with advanced disease at presentation continues to rise for patients younger than age 50.