Joseph Kim, MD, on Liquid Biopsies as a Diagnostic for GI Cancers

Clearance of an automated immunoassay allows practices to measure chromogranin A concentration in human serum, thereby tracking disease progression in those with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

Experts from University of California, Los Angeles Health and Mayo Clinic discuss key data presented at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in the gynecologic and gastrointestinal cancer spaces and how they may impact patient care.

Phase 2 data support administering trastuzumab in combination with ramucirumab and paclitaxel for patients with HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer.

Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD, details the GOZILA platform for colorectal cancer with experts Kristen Ciombor, MD, MSCI, and John Strickler, MD.

Co-editor-in-Chief Howard S. Hochster, MD, writes about the past and present of the phase 2/3 PROSPECT trial.

“We’re starting to see a lot of benefits with targeted therapies [and] immunotherapies. Unfortunately, these [benefits] remain limited to a small subset of patients across GI [gastrointestinal] [malignant tumors]. One of the biggest challenges is how to expand those benefits to the majority of patients.”