Gastrointestinal Cancer | Topics

Patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma received an overall survival benefit following first-line treatment with durvalumab (Imfinzi) and tremelimumab.

When compared with placebo and chemotherapy, durvalumab plus gemcitabine and cisplatin was superior in terms of overall survival in the treatment of advanced biliary tract cancer.

CYNK-101 plus standard frontline chemotherapy, trastuzumab, and pembrolizumab has received a fast track designation from the FDA for patients with advanced HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

Mehmet Sitki Copur, MD, gives his perspective on liquid biopsies and how they can be utilized in gastrointestinal cancer.

The International Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology (ISGIO), hosted by Physicians’ Education Resource, LLC (PER®) presented the latest advances in the field of gastrointestinal cancer research.

Patients with cholangiocarcinoma may derive benefit from treatment with TT-00420, which was recently given a fast track designation by the FDA.

Patients with locally advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancer who received either ramucirumab or merestinib in addition to standard first-line cisplatin and gemcitabine did not experience further survival benefit, although safety remained tolerable.

Patients with advanced biliary tract cancer received a clinically meaningful and statistically significant overall survival benefit after being treated with durvalumab and chemotherapy.

Patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma appeared to benefit from treatment with durvalumab and tremelimumab, according to findings from the phase 3 HIMALAYA trial.

Treatment with nivolumab/ipilimumab and nivolumab/chemotherapy has demonstrated efficacy in unresectable advanced, recurrent, or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, with results from the CheckMate-648 trial leading to the acceptance of the regimens’ applications by the FDA.