Oncology News

The FDA granted orphan drug designation to BOLD-100 for treatment of gastric cancer.

Maintenance rucaparib appeared safe and effective for patients with platinum-sensitive advanced pancreatic cancer with pathogenic variants in BRCA1, BRCA2 or PALB2, according to research published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Among women, a higher intake of sugar-sweetened beverages in adulthood and adolescence correlated with a higher risk for early-onset colorectal cancer, according to research published in Gut.

Family history of colorectal polyps linked to a higher risk for colorectal cancer in a Swedish cohort, according to research published in BMJ.

Patients with five or more comorbidities were less likely to receive screening for colorectal cancer, according to research published in the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine.

Renuka Iyer, MD, received the Mark R. Clements Award for Vision, Innovation and Collaboration from the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation.

High quality colonoscopy correlated with a lower risk for death in patients with colorectal cancer, according to research published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Complete immunohistochemistry diagnostics reduced the need for subsequent gene testing in patients with Lynch syndrome, according to research published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Researchers confirmed the long-term oncological safety of laparoscopic surgery was comparable to the long-term safety of open surgery in patients with rectal cancer, according to The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Multi-gene panel testing in colorectal cancer led to significant detection of heritable gene mutations compared with guideline-based testing, according to research published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.