Gastrointestinal Cancer News

PARIS — Alcohol abstinence did not reduce the risk for hepatocellular carcinoma among patients with Child-Pugh class A or B alcohol-related cirrhosis, according to a presentation at the International Liver Congress 2018.

It may be appropriate to screen for melanoma and pancreatic cancer in addition to prostate and breast cancer among men carrying BRCA mutations, according to a research letter published in JAMA Oncology.

DFS following 3 months of adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer appeared equivalent to 6 months of therapy with fewer side effects, according to results from the IDEA study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Following American Cancer Society’s exercise, weight and nutrition guidelines appeared associated with a reduced risk for death among patients with colon cancer, study data showed.

Medicaid recipients or patients who lack health insurance have lower colon cancer survival rates than individuals with private, non-Medicaid insurance, according to new research published in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum.

Patients with cancer who undergo chemotherapy can be monitored remotely with smartphone sensors and an algorithm that detects worsening symptoms based upon objective changes in patient behavior, according to results of a pilot study.

The FDA has rejected approval of Celltrion’s biologics license applications for Truxima, a proposed rituximab biosimilar, and Herzuma, a proposed trastuzumab biosimilar, issuing Complete Response Letters for both products.

The phase 3 REACH-2 trial of ramucirumab met its primary endpoint of OS and its secondary endpoint of PFS for the second-line treatment of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma with high alpha-fetoprotein, according to the agent’s manufacturer.

Women who avoided eating red meat showed a lower risk for distal colon cancer, but not other types of colorectal cancer, in a new study published in the International Journal of Cancer.

Patients with rectal cancer could benefit if medical institutions implement multidisciplinary team approaches to managing their disease, according to two studies published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.