Gastrointestinal Cancer News

A phase 3 trial designed to assess trifluridine and tipiracil plus bevacizumab as first-line treatment for certain patients with advanced colorectal cancer missed its primary endpoint.

Use of personalized interventions significantly reduced grade 3 or higher chemotherapy-related toxicity among patients with cancer aged 65 years or older, randomized trial results showed.

As only the fifth female president of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, or ASTRO, Laura Dawson, MD, FRCPC, FASTRO, is aware that she is part of important change within the organization.

Deborah Schrag, MD, MPH, has been appointed chair of the department of medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Ablative MRI-guided radiation therapy prolonged survival compared with standard therapy among patients with inoperable pancreatic cancer, according to results presented during the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology Congress.

The addition of tremelimumab to first-line durvalumab significantly improved OS compared with sorafenib for certain patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma, according to topline data released by the agent’s manufacturer.

Surveillance of patients carrying the CDKN2A gene mutation led to earlier detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma which improved disease prognosis, according to a presenter at UEG Week.

Many primary care physicians may be overusing laboratory tests for anemia screening, misinterpreting iron studies and underusing bidirectional endoscopy for new-onset iron deficiency anemia, according to a recent survey study.

Reducing disparities in cancer care requires an understanding of “the science of trustworthiness” and a greater focus on social determinants of health, according to a leader in health equity research.

Low-cost antihypertensive drugs appeared associated with reductions in colorectal cancer-specific mortality among patients with stage I to stage III disease, according to results of a retrospective analysis published in Cancer Medicine.