Gastrointestinal Cancer News

This calendar year could be a pivotal one for oncology and hematology research, drug approvals and clinical trial results.

The combination of atezolizumab and bevacizumab conferred no significant PFS benefit compared with sunitinib monotherapy among patients with locally advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma, according to an intention-to-treat analysis of a phase 2 study presented at Genitourinary Cancers Symposium.

Sorafenib improved OS among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who were hepatitis C positive but hepatitis B negative, suggesting that the beneficial effects of sorafenib may be based on hepatitis status, according to results of a meta-analysis.

A phase 3 study of tivantinib as second-line treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma failed to meet its primary endpoint of improved OS, according to the drug’s manufacturers.

Individuals who become overweight in their twenties and progress to obesity later in life may have a threefold increased risk for developing esophageal and gastric cardia adenocarcinomas compared with those who maintain a healthy weight, according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer.

Theodore H. Welling, III, MD, has been named director of a new liver tumor program at NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center.

Enrollment of adolescents in oncology trials remains significantly lower than that of children.

The use of metaphors for explaining randomization could ease the difficulty in recruiting patients to participate in randomized clinical trials, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

The board of directors for World Conference on Interventional Oncology, a nonprofit association that supports and promotes the field, has established a society to further its mission.

National Cancer Prevention Month, established by a U.S. Senate resolution and observed every February since 2004, is intended to draw attention to the fact that approximately 70% of malignancies may be prevented through diet or other lifestyle changes.