Gastrointestinal Cancer News

Nektar Therapeutics and Takeda entered into a research collaboration to evaluate the combination of NKTR-214 and several other compounds in tumor models of lymphoma, melanoma and colorectal cancer.

Hepatocellular carcinoma was linked to patients with hepatitis B in South America, particularly those younger than 50 years, according to results of a retrospective, multi-center study.

The FDA granted priority review to pembrolizumab for the treatment of recurrent or advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, according to the drug’s manufacturer.

A 59-year-old woman presented to her primary care physician with heavy vaginal bleeding and urinary retention.

The FDA today granted accelerated approval to pembrolizumab for adults and children with unresectable or metastatic, microsatellite instability–high or mismatch repair–deficient solid tumors.

The risk for interval colorectal cancer was 31% greater in elderly black patients enrolled in Medicare than in white patients, with a more noticeable difference seen in cancer of the distal colon and rectum and when examined by physicians with higher polyp detection rate, according to recent data.

Patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma who traveled from urban or rural counties to receive surgical care at academic centers demonstrated significantly better survival outcomes, according to a study published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

Overweight boys are at increased risk for adult colon cancer compared with normal-weight boys; however, achieving a healthy weight by young adulthood diminishes that risk, according to data presented at the European Congress on Obesity.

Roman Petrov, MD, will join the Fox Chase Cancer Center faculty as assistant professor in the division of thoracic surgery.

Researchers found evidence suggesting that tumor sizes at the margins of hepatocellular carcinoma-related transplantation criteria may be subject to inaccurate reporting, according to results of a recently published study.