Gastrointestinal Cancer News

Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Eastern Regional Medical Center in Philadelphia announced the hiring of Arturo Loaiza-Bonilla, MD, as chief of medical oncology and medical director of research.

Four leading national cancer organizations have united in their mission to reduce the number of health disparities in the United States and to ensure all patients, regardless of social demographics and socioeconomic status, benefit from cancer research, according to a joint position statement published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

This month, an abundance of new research contributing to better understanding of colorectal cancer risk and interventions to improve screening was presented in the journals and at scientific meetings.

AstraZeneca and Merck entered a global strategic collaboration to develop and commercialize olaparib to treat multiple malignancies.

A community-based, preclinical patient navigator program that recruited black men at local barbershops doubled the rate of colorectal cancer screening in this high-risk population.

Eisai submitted a supplemental new drug application to the FDA to seek approval for lenvatinib as a frontline therapy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

NCI and the Children’s Oncology Group today announced enrollment opened for a phase 2 study designed to evaluate targeted therapies in children and adolescents with solid tumors.

The presence of hepatitis B core antibody, or HBcAb, did not affect the outcomes of hepatic resection in patients with either hepatitis C-related or non-B, non-C hepatocellular carcinoma, according to results of a recent study. However, the data showed a possible link between occult hepatitis B infection and hepatocarcinogenesis in patients with non-B, non-C HCC.

Adding a financial incentive of $100 to an offer of colonoscopy screening by email increased the screening rate by more than twofold in a randomized control trial.

Being overweight or obese in adolescence appeared linked to a greater risk for subsequent colon cancers in men and women, according to study results published in Cancer.