Gastrointestinal Cancer | Specialty

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.

Sequencing Decisions in Relapsed/Refractory Colorectal Cancer

February 12th 2016

The Role of TAS-102 in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

February 12th 2016

Regorafenib in Advanced Colorectal Cancer: Dosing Strategies

February 12th 2016

Second-Line Therapy Options in mCRC

February 12th 2016

Considering Maintenance Therapy in mCRC

February 12th 2016

Optimizing Frontline Chemotherapy in mCRC

February 12th 2016

FOLFOX versus FOLFIRI in the MAVERICC Trial in CRC

February 12th 2016

Systemic Therapy Approaches in mCRC

February 12th 2016

Immunotherapy and MSI Status in Colorectal Cancer

February 12th 2016

Molecular Profiling in Colorectal Cancer

February 12th 2016

Liver-Directed Therapies in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

February 12th 2016

Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Goals of Resection

February 12th 2016

Taking a Multidisciplinary Approach to mCRC Care

February 12th 2016

First-in-Class Drug Targets Stem Cells in Gastric Cancer Trial

February 11th 2016

Manish A. Shah, MD, discusses the BRIGHTER trial, which is investigated BBI608 as a second-line treatment for patients with gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer who already have undergone platinum and fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy.

Patient Populations Provide Sequencing Clues in Chemorefractory CRC

February 11th 2016

Treating patients with chemorefractory advanced colorectal cancer has undergone a significant transformation in recent years. Now, with two agents approved, the optimal sequence for therapies regorafenib and TAS-102 becomes the next relevant question.

Dr. Eng on Emerging Agents for Treatment of Anal Cancer

February 8th 2016

Cathy Eng, MD, FACP, professor, director, Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, Network Clinical Research, associate medical director, Colorectal Center, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses emerging agents for the treatment of patients with anal cancer.

Liver-Directed Therapy for Hepatic Malignancies

February 8th 2016

Management of hepatic malignancies requires a multidisciplinary approach, and is based on the tumor burden, liver function, and PS of the patient.

Second-Line Treatment Feasible, Beneficial After Upfront Nab-Paclitaxel in Pancreatic Cancer

February 2nd 2016

Second-line treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer proved to be feasible and beneficial, particularly for patients who received nab-paclitaxel in addition to gemcitabine in the first-line setting.

PFS in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Similar with Two Chemo Backbones

January 26th 2016

A potential biomarker to guide chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer failed to stratify patients by progression-free survival or responsiveness to bevacizumab.

Dr. Kunz on the CLARINET Study for GEP-NETs

January 26th 2016

Pamela L. Kunz, MD, assistant professor, Division of Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, discusses tumor response in the CLARINET study, which examined lanreotide depot versus placebo in patients with metastatic gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs).