Gastrointestinal Cancer News

Patients with pancreatic cancer who underwent pancreatoduodenectomy, also known as the Whipple procedure, experienced shorter hospital stays with laparoscopic vs. open surgery in a randomized controlled trial.

Mexican-American individuals residing in the United States had more risk factors for liver cancer than their counterparts living in Mexico, according to study results presented at American Association for Cancer Research Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved.

Mike Schmidt, elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995, developed a sense of invincibility during his 17-year career with the Philadelphia Phillies.

Children with inflammatory bowel disease showed a twofold higher risk for developing cancer, especially GI cancer, and this risk persisted well into adulthood, according to the results of a national cohort study in Sweden.

The combination of ipilimumab and stereotactic body radiotherapy delivered sequentially demonstrated promising response rates and survival in patients with solid tumors and metastatic lung or liver lesions, according to prospective phase 2 study results presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting.

The FDA approved nivolumab for the treatment of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent prior therapy with sorafenib.

One-quarter of patients with cancer in a state with legalized marijuana reported using the substance in the prior year, according to results of a cross-sectional, anonymous survey published in Cancer.

As some of you know, I have a broad background in general oncology, but my real expertise is in the domain of genitourinary malignancy.

The FDA today approved pembrolizumab for the treatment of patients with recurrent locally advanced or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, according to a press release from the manufacturer.

Mike Schmidt, a former member of the Philadelphia Phillies widely considered to be the greatest third baseman in Major League Baseball history, received a stage III melanoma diagnosis in 2013.