The OncLive Gastrointestinal Cancer condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on various types of gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, including hepatocellular carcinoma, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, esophageal cancer, and more. This page features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on unmet needs, treatment advances, and ongoing research in GI cancers.
May 15th 2024
Pertuzumab plus trastuzumab produced antitumor activity and a mild adverse effect profile in patients with pretreated biliary tract cancer with ERBB2/3 alterations.
Medical Crossfire®: Critical Questions on Diagnosis, Sequencing, and Selection of Systemic and Radioligand Therapy Options for Patients with GEP-NETs
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Patient, Provider, and Caregiver Connection: Addressing Pediatric and AYA Patient Concerns While Managing Hodgkin Lymphoma
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Live “Hot Seat”: Experts Face Your Hot-Button Questions on Maximizing PARP Inhibitors in Patients With CRPC
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Everything You Need to Know About PARP Inhibitor Combinations in Prostate Cancer Care: Why? For Whom? And When?
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Multidisciplinary Management of TNBC: Immunotherapy, PARP, TROP2, Oh My!
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Community Practice Connections™: The Advent of TROP2-Targeted Treatment Approaches in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer
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B-Cell Tumor Board: Rendering Real World Personalized Treatment Plans in CLL/SLL and MCL Through the Lens of Emerging BTKi Evidence
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Community Practice Connections™: 8th Annual School of Gastrointestinal Oncology®
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Community Practice Connections™: Controversies and Conversations About HER2- Expressing Breast Cancer…Advances in Management of HER2-Low to -Positive Disease
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Show Me the Data™: Do We Have Sea Change for Novel Approaches in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer? CDK, PI3K/AKT, ADC, and Next-Gen SERD Strategies Assessed
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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates from Chicago in Breast Cancer
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8th Annual School of Nursing Oncology™
August 10, 2024
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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates in RCC from Chicago
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2024 International Symposium of Gastrointestinal Oncology (ISGIO)
October 11-12, 2024
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Applying New Evidence in Multiple Myeloma Care from Frontline to R/R Disease
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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Medical Crossfire®: How Does Recent Evidence on PARP Inhibitors and Combinations Inform Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer Now and In the Future?
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Medical Crossfire®: How Do Clinicians Integrate the Latest Evidence in Treating Ovarian Cancer to Personalize Care?
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How CEACAM5 Expression Can Be Measured and Leveraged in NSCLC Care: Current Developments & Future Therapeutic Opportunities
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Medical Crossfire®: Where Are We in the World of ADCs? From HER2 to CEACAM5, TROP2, HER3, CDH6, B7H3, c-MET and Beyond!
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Community Oncology Connections™: Overcoming Barriers to Testing, Trial Access, and Equitable Care in Cancer
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Translating New Evidence into Treatment Algorithms from Frontline to R/R Multiple Myeloma: How the Experts Think & Treat
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Medical Crossfire: How Has Iron Supplementation Altered Treatment Planning for Patients with Cancer-Related Anemia?
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Dialogues With the Surgeon on Integration of Systemic Therapies in Perioperative Settings for NSCLC: Looking at EGFR, ALK, IO, and Beyond…
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The Next Wave in Biliary Tract Cancers: Leveraging Immunogenicity to Optimize Patient Outcomes in an Evolving Treatment Landscape
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The Evolving Tool Box in Advanced HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know About Next-Generation SERDs, PI3K/AKT, ADCs, CDK4/6 and Beyond…
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Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapy Advances Into Melanoma
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Coffee Talk™: Navigating the Impact of HER2/3, TROP2, and PARP from Early Stage to Advanced Breast Cancer Care
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Community Practice Connections™: 9th Annual School of Gastrointestinal Oncology®
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Frontline Cabozantinib/Atezolizumab Does Not Improve OS Over Sorafenib in Advanced HCC
The combination of cabozantinib and atezolizumab was not found to result in an improvement nor a detriment in overall survival vs sorafenib when used in previously untreated patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, according to data from the phase 3 COSMIC-312 trial.
HER2 Expression Drives Treatment Decisions in Gastric/Esophageal Cancers
March 14th 2022Experts in the field of upper gastrointestinal cancers discuss recent data from the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress 2021 that may bolster the uptake of HER2 as a guide for treatment decisions in the second line.
Investigators Look to Enhance Outcomes for Unresectable ESCC With Chemoradiation Combination
March 10th 2022Since most diagnoses of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma are made when the disease is in advanced stages, investigators have initiated studies to evaluate the efficacy of immunotherapy in earlier lines of therapy, including in combination with chemoradiotherapy.
Phase 3 NuTide:121 Study Examining NUC-1031 in Biliary Tract Cancer to be Discontinued
The phase 3 NuTide:121 trial examining the first-in-class nucleotide analogue NUC-1031 in combination with cisplatin vs gemcitabine plus cisplatin in patients with advanced biliary tract cancer is being discontinued.
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the approval of nivolumab and ipilimumab for use in the frontline treatment of adult patients with unresectable advanced, recurrent or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma with a PD-L1 expression of 1% or higher.
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has granted a positive opinion to the use of nivolumab in combination with chemotherapy in the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable advanced, recurrent, or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma with a PD-L1 expression of 1% or higher.
Sotorasib Shows Early Promise in Heavily Pretreated KRAS G12C–Mutated Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Sotorasib had clinically meaningful activity in heavily pretreated patients with KRAS G12C–mutated advanced pancreatic cancer, according to findings from the phase 1/2 CodeBreaK 100 trial.
2021 Approvals Expand Access to Care for Patients Across Tumor Types
February 4th 2022In 2021, 13 novel agents were approved across hematology/oncology. Additionally, there were many other notable approvals—whether they were new formulations, expanded indications, or biosimilar approvals—across tumor types that expanded accessibility for varying patient populations.
Pelareorep/Atezolizumab Plus Chemo Shows Early Safety in Frontline Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
The 3-patient safety run-in for the pancreatic cancer cohort of the ongoing phase 1/2 GOBLET study did not reveal any safety concerns with the novel combination of pelareorep and atezolizumab.
Chemosensitivity Reflects Improved OS Following Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Gastric Cancer
January 26th 2022Neoadjuvant chemosensitivity was associated with an improvement in overall survival following adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with resectable gastric cancer, according to findings from a cohort study that were published in JAMA Network Open.