Gastrointestinal Cancer News

CHICAGO — Individuals with high-risk hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing curative-intent procedures did not experience clinically meaningful deterioration in quality of life or function after adjuvant therapy, phase 3 study results showed.

CHICAGO — Neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy failed to extend OS compared with upfront surgery for patients with resectable pancreatic head cancer, according to study results presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

CHICAGO — Zanidatamab induced durable responses among patients with previously treated HER2-amplified biliary tract cancer, according to study results presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

In utero exposure to dicyclomine may be associated with increased risk for adult-onset colorectal cancer, results of a retrospective study suggest.

Metabolically healthy and unhealthy obesity appeared associated with increased risk for various obesity-associated cancer types, according to study results presented at European Congress on Obesity.

An artificial intelligence tool developed at Harvard Medical School and National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan correctly predicted the aggressiveness of colorectal cancer.

Compared with reoffering colonoscopy and fecal immunochemical test alone, offering a blood test as a secondary option resulted in a nearly twofold increase in colorectal cancer screening in veterans who had declined first-line screening.

In this video, Daneng Li, MD, a medical oncologist at City of Hope, discussed results from the phase 3 KEYNOTE-966 study, presented at American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.

Minimally invasive surgery appeared safe and just as effective as open surgery for patients with resectable pancreatic cancer, according to results of the DIPLOMA trial scheduled for presentation at ASCO Annual Meeting.

Racial disparities in gastrointestinal cancer mortality decreased in states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act while staying the same or increasing in states that did not, study results showed.