Gastrointestinal Cancer

Michael A. Morse, MD, discusses key trials that have broadened the treatment landscape of mCRC, and other ongoing developments in gastrointestinal cancers.

Lilly hosted an immersive and interactive reception during the 2018 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium entitled,

Masatoshi Kudo, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kindai University, discusses the randomized phase II trial comparing transarterial chemoradiation (TACE) plus sorafenib (Nexavar) with TACE alone in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD, professor of medicine, Mayo Clinic, discusses the importance of the phase II regorafenib (Stivarga) dose optimization study (ReDOS) in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

Michael A. Morse, MD, professor, Medicine, Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute, discusses factors that should be taken into consideration when sequencing agents in metastatic colorectal cancer.

John L. Marshall, MD, chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital director, Otto J. Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancer, discusses the specificity now required in the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

William R. Jarnagin, MD, FACS, chief, Hepatopancreatobiliary Service, Benno C. Schmidt Chair, Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the progression of surgery in treating patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

Ian Chau, MD, consultant medical oncologist, Royal Marsden Hospital, discusses finding with the combination of ramucirumab (Cyramza) plus pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in gastric or gastroesophageal (GEJ) cancer.

Michael J. Overman, MD, discusses updated findings from the single-agent nivolumab CheckMate-142 cohort and combination data for nivolumab/ipilimumab from the pivotal trial.

Michael J. Overman, MD, associate professor, department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses immunotherapy and microsatellite instability (MSI) testing in colorectal caner (CRC).

Alpelisib (BYL719) induced a disease control rate of 58.2% and stable disease rate of 52.2% in patients with advanced solid tumors.