Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium (ASCO GI) | Conference

Single-Agent Lenvatinib Shows Real-World Efficacy in Frontline HCC

January 16th 2021

January 16, 2021 - Lenvatinib monotherapy was found to be effective in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States.

Dr. Subbiah on the Clinical Activity of Pralsetinib in RET+ Cholangiocarcinoma

January 16th 2021

Vivek Subbiah, MD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the clinical activity of pralsetinib (Gavreto) in RET fusion-positive pancreatic cancer and cholangiocarcinoma.

Mean Daily Step Count While Receiving SM-88 Correlates With Patient-Reported QoL in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

January 16th 2021

January 16, 2021 - Mean daily step count during the first 2 weeks of treatment with SM-88 was found to correlate with overall self-reported quality of life in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Addition of Pembrolizumab to Chemo Does Not Negatively Impact QoL in Patients With Esophageal Cancer

January 16th 2021

January 16, 2021 - Health-related quality of life during an 18-week period proved to be similar over for patients with esophageal cancer treated with either pembrolizumab or placebo added to chemotherapy.

Frontline Pembrolizumab Improves PFS2, HRQoL in MSI-H/dMMR mCRC

January 16th 2021

January 16, 2021 - Frontline use of pembrolizumab monotherapy significantly improved progression-free survival, while demonstrating superior safety, compared with chemotherapy in patients with microsatellite-instability high/mismatch repair deficient metastatic colorectal cancer.

Frontline Bemarituzumab/mFOLFOX6 Combo Improves Survival in Advanced FGFR2b+ Gastric/GEJ Cancer

January 16th 2021

Bemarituzumab combined with mFOLFOX6 demonstrated a 56% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death compared with placebo and mFOLFOX6 as a frontline treatment in select patients with FGFR2b-positive advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

Lenvatinib and Pembrolizumab Combination Safe, Effective For Multiple Gastrointestinal Cancer Types

January 15th 2021

The combination of the anti-angiogenic multikinase inhibitor lenvatinib plus the anti-PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab demonstrated promising antitumor activity and a manageable safety profile in previously treated patients with advanced gastric cancer, advanced metastatic microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair colorectal cancer, and advanced biliary tract cancers

Health-Related Quality of Life Scores in Young CRC Survivors Are Low and Require Targeted Intervention

January 15th 2021

January 15, 2021 - As the incidence of colorectal cancer in patients under 50-years-old increases, overall health-related quality of life among younger survivors is poorer, with social and functional well-being suffering more as treatment duration grows longer.

Neoadjuvant Chemo Does Not Impact Surgical Risk in Thoracic Esophageal Cancer

January 15th 2021

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimens were not found to increase the risk for perioperative complications in patients who have potentially resectable advanced thoracic esophageal cancer.

Dr. Das on the Results of a Clinical Score Analysis in Patients With NETs

January 15th 2021

Satya Das, MD, MSCI, discusses the results of a clinical score analysis in patients with neuroendocrine tumors.

Dr. Strickler on the Rationale for the MOUNTAINEER-02 Trial in HER2+ Gastric/GEJ Cancer

January 15th 2021

John H. Strickler, MD, discusses the rationale for the phase 2/3 MOUNTAINEER-02 trial in HER2-positive gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer.

Adjuvant S-1/Docetaxel Combo Shows Survival Improvement in Stage III Gastric Cancer

January 15th 2021

January 15, 2021 - Combination treatment with adjuvant S-1 and docetaxel led to an estimated 29% reduction in the risk of relapse compared with S-1 alone in patients with stage III gastric cancer.

Anlotinib Induces PFS Benefit in RAS/BRAF Wildtype+ mCRC

January 15th 2021

January 15, 2021 - Anlotinib, a multitarget kinase inhibitor, was found to significantly improve progression-free survival with a manageable safety profile when used in Chinese patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer.

Pembrolizumab Triplet Appears Effective in HER2+ Advanced Gastric, GEJ Cancer Regardless of PD-L1 Status

January 15th 2021

January 15, 2021 - Pembrolizumab with trastuzumab and the combination of cisplatin and capecitabine appeared effective in treating HER2-positive advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer, regardless of a patient’s PD-L1 status.

Nivolumab Improves Quality of Life in Patients with Esophageal/Gastroesophageal Cancer

January 15th 2021

January 15, 2021 - Patients with esophageal/gastroesophageal cancer treated with nivolumab had improved esophageal-specific and general quality of life, although trends were similar in those treated with placebo.

Camrelizumab/Apatinib Shows Promising Activity in Second-Line Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

January 15th 2021

January 15, 2021 - A novel combination comprised of camrelizumab and apatinib was found to have promising clinical efficacy with an acceptable safety profile when used as a second-line treatment in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Pembrolizumab/Lanreotide Combo Confers Antitumor Activity in GEP-NETs

January 15th 2021

January 15, 2021 - Pembrolizumab plus lanreotide elicited a stable disease rate of 39% in patients with advanced, progressive gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs), according to findings from the phase 1b/2 PLANET study.

AI-Based Tool May Help Patients Find GI Cancer Clinical Trials

January 15th 2021

January 15, 2021 - A novel artificial intelligence-based search tool made it easier for patients to find and understand cancer clinical trials, while also offering more clarity on how to enroll in them

Invasive Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors More Common in Men, Initiating in the Small Intestine and Stomach

January 15th 2021

January 15, 2021 - Findings from an analysis determined that stage 4 gastrointestinal stromal tumors were rare and led to hepatic metastases, although overall survival was up to 51% at 5 years.

Pembrolizumab Plus Capecitabine/Bevacizumab Shows Favorable Tolerability in MSS mCRC

January 15th 2021

January 15, 2021 - Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in combination with capecitabine and bevacizumab (Avastin) was found to show encouraging tolerability when used in patients with microsatellite stable (MSS) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), according to data from a phase 2 trial (NCT03396926) presented during the 2020 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.