Gastrointestinal Cancer

Gunagratinib (ICP-192), a potential therapeutic option for patients with cholangiocarcinoma, has been granted an orphan drug designation by the FDA.

KRAS mutational status and geographical region were associated with time on treatment (TOT), and body mass index (BMI) and age were linked with overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer mCRC) being treated with second-line cetuximab (Erbitux) after irinotecan or oxaliplatin-based regimens.

Public health efforts must address new methods of cancer screening, an expert says.

The FDA approved adjuvant nivolumab for the treatment of patients with resected esophageal or gastroesophageal (GEJ) cancer who have previously had neoadjuvant chemoradiation treatment.

The United States Preventative Services Task Force now recommends colorectal cancer screening to start at 45 years old.

While some people face barriers to colorectal cancer screening, at-home fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) can help.

Personalized and adaptable treatment regimens seem to be the way forward in treating gastroesophageal cancer.

Multidisciplinary care is key to improve quality of life, lessen cancer-related complications, and improve outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer.

The FDA granted an accelerated approval to pembrolizumab plus trastuzumab, fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemotherapy for the frontline treatment of patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

Factors such as being younger in age, having more comorbidities, and more prior cancer treatments all contribute to higher levels of sleep disturbance in patients with gastrointestinal cancers.

With immunotherapy options expanding for patients with a range of gastrointestinal cancers to include combination strategies with chemotherapy, their use in the treatment course should come sooner rather than later for those with high PD-L1 expression.

The FDA has authorized the marketing of the first device that utilizes artificial intelligence based on machine learning to help clinicians detect lesions like polyps or suspected tumors in the colon in real time during a colonoscopy.

The FDA has approved a new biweekly dosing regimen of 500 mg/m2 as a 120-minute intravenous infusion for cetuximab (Erbitux) for patients with KRAS wild-type, EGFR-expressing colorectal cancer or squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Optimizing first- and second-line therapy, understanding the role of maintenance therapy for patients with BRCA-positive disease, and developing improved therapeutic options for elderly patients has become a priority for research in metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Namrata (Neena) Vijayvergia, MD, discusses the emerging role of immunotherapy in resectable and metastatic esophageal and gastric cancers, as well as key nuances that could complicate these agents’ utility in clinical practice.

The FDA has approved pembrolizumab for use in combination with platinum and fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy for patients with metastatic or locally advanced esophageal or gastroesophageal carcinoma who are ineligible for surgical resection or definitive chemoradiation.

The FDA has approved TheraSphere™ Yttrium-90 Glass Microsphere for the treatment of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Tony Philip, MD, provides insight into the utility of ctDNA in the early-stage setting, trials that could determine its role in clinical practice, and detailed the shift toward nonoperative and less-intensive interventions in the early-stage and advanced settings, respectively.

The FDA has granted a priority review to a supplemental biologics license application for nivolumab (Opdivo) in combination with a fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemotherapy for use in patients with advanced or metastatic gastric cancer, gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer, or esophageal adenocarcinoma.

Mean daily step count during the first 2 weeks of treatment with SM-88 (racemetyrosine) was found to correlate with overall self-reported quality of life (QoL) in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer.

The FDA approved fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (Enhertu) for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic HER2-postive gastric or gastroesophageal (GEJ) adenocarcinoma who previously received a trastuzumab-based regimen.

The management of patients with colorectal liver metastases is complicated and requires careful assessment from a multidisciplinary tumor board—especially in light of recent advances made with chemotherapy, according to Michael J. Cavnar, MD.

Recent research found that there may be a correlation between opioid use and pancreatic cancer risk.