Gastrointestinal Cancer

Patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma lived longer and had slowing of disease progression when nanoliposomal irinotecan was added to 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin, irrespective of treatment history, a posthoc analysis of a randomized trial showed.

Patients with microsatellite-high metastatic colorectal cancer responded to an immunotherapy-containing regimen, according to results of a preliminary clinical evaluation presented at the 2017 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

Few phase II trials in advanced pancreatic cancer conformed to recommended design characteristics for pilot trials, a contributing factor to lack of success in the disease, Australian investigators reported.

As many as one-third of patients with treatment-resistant colorectal cancer attained objective responses with the stemness inhibitor napabucasin plus FOLFIRI chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab, according to evaluable results of a study presented at the 2017 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

Cynthia L. Sears, MD, professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, member of the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, discusses bacteria possibly influencing the development of colon cancer.

The adoption of enhanced recovery after surgery protocols can improve not only the outcomes of patients after a procedure but can also reduce hospital costs, as has been seen in an ERAS program in colorectal cancer at the University of Virginia Health System.

Kei Muro, MD, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, discusses the findings of Asian XELIRI project (AXEPT) in colorectal cancer (CRC).

The incidence of hand-foot syndrome was decreased following first-line treatment with S-1 compared to capecitabine in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, according to findings from the phase III SALTO study that were presented at the 2017 European Cancer Congress.

Patients receiving the same diagnosis, colorectal cancer with synchronous peritoneal metastases, were offered different treatments that led to dramatically different outcomes based upon the institution in which they were diagnosed. Findings presented at the 19th European Cancer Congress revealed underutilization of a highly effective treatment, due to a lack of referral.

Patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma had objective responses and prolonged survival when treated with single-agent nivolumab, data from a dose escalation/expansion trial showed.

Steven H. Lin, MD, PhD, associate professor at The University of Texas MD Anderson Center, discusses study of chemoradiation in elderly patients with esophageal cancer.

Richard Finn, MD, associate professor of Medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses results of the RESOURCE study in advanced liver cancer.

Richard Finn, MD, associate professor of Medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses studies of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in patients with previously untreated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Salah-Eddin Al-Batran, MD, medical oncologist and director at the Institute of Clinical Cancer Research — Frankfurt, Germany, discusses the results of trial combining everolimus (Afinitor) with paclitaxel in the treatment of patients with gastric cancer.

John L. Marshall, MD, chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, associate director, Clinical Research, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Hospital, discusses molecular variances between right- and left-sided colon cancer.

Steven H. Lin, MD, PhD, associate professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses advances in radiation therapy for patients with esophageal cancer.

Cynthia L. Sears, MD, professor of Medicine, at John Hopkins University School of Medicine, member of the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, discusses microbiota in patients with colon cancer.

Mark S. Talamonti, MD, clinical professor, NorthShore University HealthSystem, discusses some of the challenges facing minimally invasive surgery for patients with pancreatic cancer.

Eileen O’Reilly, MD, associate director for clinical research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses tarextumab combinations for patients with pancreatic cancer.

Frontline treatment with lenvatinib was shown to be noninferior to standard therapy with sorafenib in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

Gabriela Chiorean, MD, associate professor of Medicine at the University of Washington, discusses adverse events of the phase I study of combination therapies for patients with pancreatic cancer.

Philip A. Philip, MD, PhD, FRCP, professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine, clinical professor of Oncology at Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, discusses drug developments for patients with pancreatic cancer.

Jonathan Strosberg, MD, medical oncologist, Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, section head, Neuroendocrine Division, chair, Gastrointestinal Department Research Program, Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses quality of life in patients with midgut neuroendocrine tumors (NETs).

Mark S. Talamonti, MD, clinical professor, NorthShore University HealthSystem, discusses some of the recent surgical advancements in pancreatic cancer.

Christophe Mariette, MD, PhD, surgical oncologist, professor of Surgery, University Hospital of Lille, discusses the results of a study investigating postoperative mortality after patients undergo surgery for esophageal and gastric cancer.