Gastrointestinal Cancer

Navesh K. Sharma, DO, PhD, associate professor of Radiology in the Division of Radiology and Oncology at Penn State Hershey Medical Center and section chief of Radiation Oncology at the Penn State Health St. Joseph Cancer Center, discusses the results of the SIRFLOX study, which examined the addition of Yttrium-90 (Y-90) resin microspheres (SIR-Spheres) to standard frontline FOLFOX-based chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab for patients with liver metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC).

Topline results from the phase III RESORCE trial demonstrated that second-line treatment with regorafenib (Stivarga) represented a 38% reduction in the risk of death compared with best supportive care in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

The debate between the phase III CALGB/SWOG 80405 and FIRE-3 studies has been settled, as findings of a retrospective analysis of 80405 show that tumor location is significant in determining survival outcomes for patients with KRAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer.

Michael J. Overman, MD, associate professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses how the results of the phase III FIRE-3 and 80405 studies will impact treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.