Gastrointestinal Cancer News

Immune checkpoint inhibitors are used to prevent immune cells from being turned off by cancer cells, which further allow T cells to stop a tumor from growing.

The consumption of processed meat increases a person’s risk for cancer at a level comparable to smoking, according to a report issued today by WHO’s International Agency for Research On Cancer.

Biosimilars are biological products that are considered comparable to an already FDA-approved biological product.

The FDA has approved the irinotecan liposome injection in combination with fluorouracil and leucovorin in the treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer in patients previously treated with gemcitabine-based chemotherapy.

HONOLULU — Due to a lack of accessible testing results, many patients at risk of Lynch syndrome do not undergo total or subtotal colectomy at first surgical encounter, putting them at risk for a recurrence of colorectal cancer, according to a poster presented at ACG 2015.

Improving the usefulness of liver transplants, a biomarker correctly predicted microvascular invasion in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, according to recent data.

HONOLULU — Fully-covered, self-expandable metal stents; uncovered self-expandable metal stents; and plastic stents were similar in effectiveness for pancreatic adenocarcinoma and cost, according to a plenary presentation at ACG 2015.

HONOLULU — Hispanic patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer had a shorter overall survival compared with non-Hispanic whites, according to findings presented at ACG 2015.

HONOLULU — New research presented in a plenary session at ACG 2015 showed that multiple methylated DNA markers accurately predicted gastric cancer among U.S. and Korean cohorts.

HONOLULU — In a retrospective analysis, researchers found gastric intestinal metaplasia to be more prevalent among the U.S. population than previously thought, according to an oral presentation at ACG 2015.