ASCO Annual Meeting: Gastrointestinal Cancer

As part of our coverage of the 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting, we discuss some of the colorectal cancer research that is expected to be presented at the meeting.

Therapeutic outcomes for patients with most of the cancers originating in the upper gastrointestinal track still remain disappointing.

Every year in the United States, approximately 160,000 cases of colorectal cancer (CRC) are diagnosed, and about 57,000 patients die of the disease, making it the second leading cause of death from cancer among adults.

Meeting podcast: Listen to nationally regarded GI cancer specialist and clinical researcher, Peter C. Enzinger, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discuss new developments and trends in the management of esophageal cancer.