Gastrointestinal Cancer News

Researchers at Cancer Care Alberta and University of Calgary have demonstrated the value of a cancer symptom algorithm in correctly identifying which patients may be at high risk for an unplanned ED visit.

Bellicum Pharmaceuticals discontinued clinical trials for two investigational chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies, the company announced today.

Aggressive end-of-life care remains common among older individuals with metastatic cancer despite increased efforts over the past several decades to reduce such interventions, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

In a Healio video exclusive, Ugo Iroku, MD, previewed the Association of Black Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists’ upcoming event on early-onset colorectal cancer and the disparities in screening and care that Black patients face.

Doctoral researchers from 11 European institutions and four companies have formed a research network dedicated to developing molecules that stimulate the immune response to tumor cells.

Defensive strategies, such as denying immediacy of testing or exempting oneself, are key barriers to at-home colorectal cancer screening, according to study results published in Cancer.

Traditional histology typically guides treatment decisions for patients with colorectal cancer and various other malignancies, but it is unable to reveal a tumor’s molecular or structural features.

Foreign-born individuals who recently immigrated to the United States had lower adherence to colorectal cancer screening than foreign-born individuals who have lived in the U.S. longer and those born in the country, data show.

A phase 2 trial of trastuzumab deruxtecan met a prespecified target for objective response rate and showed clinically meaningful, durable responses across multiple HER2-expressing advanced solid tumors, according to a company press release.

Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma carried a “significantly higher” cancer-related financial burden compared with those with cirrhosis, according to data published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.