Oncology News

Prolonged radiotherapy duration appeared associated with inferior DFS among a cohort of patients with esophageal cancer, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Infection with SARS-CoV-2 increased the risk for long-term gastrointestinal problems within 1 year, including motility disorders, acute pancreatitis and liver disease, according to a study published in Nature Communications.

When James Casey, acclaimed saxophonist for the Trey Anastasio Band, first began feeling the dull ache on the right side of his abdomen, it was easy enough to ignore — and colorectal cancer was the last thing he would have considered.

The addition of panitumumab vs. bevacizumab to standard first-line chemotherapy significantly extended OS for certain patients with RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer, according to data published in JAMA.

The addition of pembrolizumab to gemcitabine and cisplatin conferred a statistically significant and clinically meaningful survival benefit for patients with advanced biliary tract cancer, according to results of the KEYNOTE-966 study.

Individuals of African ancestry treated for colorectal cancer had fewer actionable genetic alterations than those of European ancestry, making them less likely to be eligible for immunotherapy, study results showed.

Adjuvant treatment with atezolizumab and bevacizumab extended RFS compared with active surveillance among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, according to study findings presented at AACR Annual Meeting.

Patients with rectal cancer who were observed by a watch-and-wait approach reported “good” quality of life and less major bowel dysfunction than those requiring surgery, according to study results in JAMA Surgery.

Multimodal prehabilitation reduced the incidence of severe postoperative complications and enhanced functional recovery among patients who underwent elective resection of non-metastasized colorectal cancer, according to data.

Liver transplant candidates with a small stature experienced longer waitlist times and had lower rates of transplant, with the smallest 25% of candidates most affected, according to study results in JAMA Surgery.