Gastrointestinal Cancer

Ann-Lii Cheng, MD, Distinguished Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine Director, Graduate Institute of Oncology, director, Department of Medical Oncology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, discusses the phase III trial of lenvatinib (Lenvima) compared with sorafenib (Nexavar) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Tomi Jun, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine, discusses results of a multi-center study investigating patients with cyptogenic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Davendra Sohal, MD, MPH, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, discusses an ongoing study exploring mFOLFIRINOX versus gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane) in patients with resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses trials investigating immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD, professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, discusses the stemness inhibitor napabucasin (BBI-608) as a potential treatment for patients with colorectal cancer (CRC).

Luis A. Diaz, MD, head of the division of Solid Tumor Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the impact of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC).

Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD, professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, discusses a phase I study of napabucasin plus nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane) and gemcitabine for the treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer.

Although the prognosis for patients with pancreatic cancer is often grim, there have been noteworthy improvements in outcomes through the use of current chemotherapies.

Charles S. Fuchs, MD, MPH, director, Yale Cancer Center, physician-in-chief, Smilow Cancer Hospital, 2017 Giant of Cancer Care in Gastrointestinal Cancer, discusses immunotherapy in gastric cancer.