Gastrointestinal Cancer

The FDA has approved pembrolizumab for the treatment of patients with recurrent locally advanced or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus whose tumors express PD-L1 (combined positive score ≥10) as determined by an FDA-approved test, with disease progression after ≥1 prior lines of systemic therapy.

Christopher Lieu, MD, director, GI Medical Oncology Program and deputy associate director for clinical research, at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, discusses the predictive value of BRAF V600E mutations in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

Anthony B. El-Khoueiry, MD, associate professor of clinical medicine, Keck School of Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses immunotherapy combination in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has backed approval of TAS-102 for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic gastric cancer, including adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction, following treatment with at least 2 prior systemic regimens for advanced disease.