The OncLive Gastrointestinal Cancer condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on various types of gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, including hepatocellular carcinoma, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, esophageal cancer, and more. This page features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on unmet needs, treatment advances, and ongoing research in GI cancers.
May 8th 2024
China's NMPA has granted breakthrough therapy designation to IBI343 for use in select patients with claudin 18.2–positive gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma.
Medical Crossfire®: Critical Questions on Diagnosis, Sequencing, and Selection of Systemic and Radioligand Therapy Options for Patients with GEP-NETs
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Patient, Provider, and Caregiver Connection: Addressing Pediatric and AYA Patient Concerns While Managing Hodgkin Lymphoma
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Live “Hot Seat”: Experts Face Your Hot-Button Questions on Maximizing PARP Inhibitors in Patients With CRPC
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Everything You Need to Know About PARP Inhibitor Combinations in Prostate Cancer Care: Why? For Whom? And When?
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Multidisciplinary Management of TNBC: Immunotherapy, PARP, TROP2, Oh My!
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Community Practice Connections™: 8th Annual School of Gastrointestinal Oncology®
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Community Practice Connections™: The Advent of TROP2-Targeted Treatment Approaches in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer
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Show Me the Data™: Do We Have Sea Change for Novel Approaches in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer? CDK, PI3K/AKT, ADC, and Next-Gen SERD Strategies Assessed
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Community Practice Connections™: Controversies and Conversations About HER2- Expressing Breast Cancer…Advances in Management of HER2-Low to -Positive Disease
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B-Cell Tumor Board: Rendering Real World Personalized Treatment Plans in CLL/SLL and MCL Through the Lens of Emerging BTKi Evidence
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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates from Chicago in Breast Cancer
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8th Annual School of Nursing Oncology™
August 10, 2024
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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates in RCC from Chicago
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2024 International Symposium of Gastrointestinal Oncology (ISGIO)
October 11-12, 2024
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Applying New Evidence in Multiple Myeloma Care from Frontline to R/R Disease
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Medical Crossfire®: How Do Clinicians Integrate the Latest Evidence in Treating Ovarian Cancer to Personalize Care?
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Medical Crossfire®: How Does Recent Evidence on PARP Inhibitors and Combinations Inform Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer Now and In the Future?
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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How CEACAM5 Expression Can Be Measured and Leveraged in NSCLC Care: Current Developments & Future Therapeutic Opportunities
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Medical Crossfire®: Where Are We in the World of ADCs? From HER2 to CEACAM5, TROP2, HER3, CDH6, B7H3, c-MET and Beyond!
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Community Oncology Connections™: Overcoming Barriers to Testing, Trial Access, and Equitable Care in Cancer
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Translating New Evidence into Treatment Algorithms from Frontline to R/R Multiple Myeloma: How the Experts Think & Treat
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Medical Crossfire: How Has Iron Supplementation Altered Treatment Planning for Patients with Cancer-Related Anemia?
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Dialogues With the Surgeon on Integration of Systemic Therapies in Perioperative Settings for NSCLC: Looking at EGFR, ALK, IO, and Beyond…
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The Next Wave in Biliary Tract Cancers: Leveraging Immunogenicity to Optimize Patient Outcomes in an Evolving Treatment Landscape
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The Evolving Tool Box in Advanced HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know About Next-Generation SERDs, PI3K/AKT, ADCs, CDK4/6 and Beyond…
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Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapy Advances Into Melanoma
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Coffee Talk™: Navigating the Impact of HER2/3, TROP2, and PARP from Early Stage to Advanced Breast Cancer Care
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Community Practice Connections™: 9th Annual School of Gastrointestinal Oncology®
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Personalized Neoantigen Vaccine Induces Continued Responses in Pretreated, Advanced HCC
August 22nd 2023Second-line treatment with GNOS-PV02 plus plasmid-encoded interleukin-12 followed by electroporation elicited complete molecular response detected via circulating tumor DNA in 4 additional patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma enrolled in the phase 1b/2a GT-30 study.
CGX1321 Demonstrates Safety and Promising Activity in Advanced GI Cancers
August 21st 2023Marios Giannakis, MD, PhD, discusses how targeting the WNT signaling pathway could harness a previously underutilized pathway involved in GI tumor development, spotlights the activity and safety of CGX1321 with or without pembrolizumab in phase 1 studies, and emphasizes the need for continued investigation of CGX1321 to further validate this precision medicine approach.
Dr Byndloss on the Relationship Between the Gut Microbiome and GI Cancers
August 18th 2023Mariana X. Byndloss, DVM, PhD, discusses how the gut microbiome influences human health, highlighting the relationship between the gut microbiome and a person’s risk for developing gastrointestinal cancers, as well as characteristics of a healthy gut microbiome.
Ociperlimab Plus Tislelizumab/Chemo Has Antitumor Activity in Stage IV Gastric/GEJ Cancers
The combination of ociperlimab, tislelizumab, and chemotherapy elicited responses in patients with stage IV gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer, irrespective of PD-L1 expression.
Selective Use of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Is a Viable Approach in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
Deb Schrag, MD, MPH, discusses the rationale for exploring the use of selective preoperative chemoradiation in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer, the safety and efficacy findings from the PROSPECT trial, and the importance of reviewing patient-reported outcomes during clinical trials.
Mapping Progress in Pancreatic Cancer Surgery: Continuing to Move the Needle
August 16th 2023In this second episode of OncChats: Mapping Progress Made in Pancreatic Cancer Surgery, Horacio J. Asbun, MD, and Domenech Asbun, MD, share examples of efforts that have moved the needle forward in pancreatic cancer surgery, and note potential areas of opportunity.
GVAX Cancer Vaccine Plus Nivolumab and Urelumab Elicits Early Efficacy in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Treatment with the GVAX pancreatic cancer vaccine plus nivolumab and urelumab increased the presence of intratumoral activated cytotoxic T cells and showed early signs of efficacy in patients with resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
BDC-1001 Monotherapy Under Further Evaluation in Phase 2 Trial in HER2+ Cancers
The first patients have been dosed in the phase 2 portion of a phase 1/2 trial evaluating BDC-1001 monotherapy in patients with HER2-positive colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer, and gastroesophageal cancer.
China’s Center for Drug Evaluation of the National Medical Products Administration has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to glecirasib for the treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer harboring a KRAS G12C mutation and who have progressed after frontline standard-of-care treatment.
Lack of Clinical Benefit Leads to End of Development for Etrumadenant in mCRPC
The development of etrumadenant as a potential treatment option for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer will be discontinued after data from the phase 1/2 ARC-6 trial did not demonstrate a sufficient clinical benefit for etrumadenant plus zimberelimab and docetaxel compared with docetaxel alone.
Dr Cecchini on the Results of the PROSPECT Trial in Rectal Cancer
August 9th 2023Michael Cecchini, MD, discusses the phase 3 PROSPECT trial of neoadjuvant chemoradiation vs neoadjuvant fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin chemotherapy with selective use of chemoradiation, followed by total mesorectal excision in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer, and how this regimen may fit into the current treatment landscape for rectal cancer.
Mapping Progress in Pancreatic Cancer Surgery: Minimally Invasive Approaches
August 9th 2023In this first episode of OncChats: Mapping Progress Made in Pancreatic Cancer Surgery, Horacio J. Asbun, MD, and Domenech Asbun, MD, discuss recent advances made in the surgical field and beyond for pancreatic cancer, including the benefits of minimally invasive approaches.
FDA Green Lights Companion Diagnostic for Avapritinib in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
The FDA has approved the therascreen PDGFRA RGQ PCR kit for use as a companion diagnostic, co-developed by Qiagen and Blueprint Medicines, to assist in the identification of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors who may be candidates to receive avapritinib.
PROs Represent a Vital Aspect in Design of GI Cancer Clinical Trials
Pamela Kunz, MD, details key clinical trial updates across the gastrointestinal cancer arena presented during the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting, including the phase 3 PROSPECT trial in locally advanced rectal cancer and the phase 3 IMbrave050 trial in patients with resected in hepatocellular carcinoma at high risk of recurrence.
Collaboration Is Needed to Address Existing Disparities in Cancer Clinical Trials
Lionel Kankeu Fonkoua, MD, discusses the need for diverse representation across cancer clinical trials and research, emphasizes some of the disparities in enrollment criteria for these research efforts, and details some of the planned and ongoing initiatives at the Mayo Clinic that seek to facilitate change in the field.
Second-Line Trastuzumab Plus Ramucirumab/Paclitaxel Elicits Activity in HER2+ Gastric/GEJ Cancer
August 4th 2023Trastuzumab plus ramucirumab and paclitaxel yielded promising efficacy and a manageable safety profile among patients with previously treated HER2-positive advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer.
Dr Lau on the Temportal Patterns of irAEs Associated With the Stride Regimen in HCC
August 2nd 2023George Lau, MD, FRCP, FAASLD, discusses clinical implications for the use of dual checkpoint inhibition in HCC based on an analysis of immune-related adverse effects seen with the STRIDE regimen in the phase 3 HIMALAYA trial.
Time to Treatment Initiation Affected by Demographics, Socioeconomics in Solid Tumors
Delays in time to treatment initiation may be associated with demographic and socioeconomic disparities, with care coordination, clinical, and socioeconomic factors representing potential predictors of TTI, according to findings from a retrospective cohort study published in JCO Oncology Practice.
First-Line Rivoceranib Plus Camrelizumab Improves Survival in Unresectable HCC
Treatment with the combination of rivoceranib and camrelizumab led to a statistically significant and clinically meaningful benefit in progression-free survival and overall survival compared with sorafenib in previously untreated patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.
GI Cancer Research Lends Insight Into the Future of Chemotherapy Combinations and Sequencing
July 24th 2023Mark Lewis, MD, discusses the contested designs of the NorPACT-1 trial and NAPOLI 3 trial; where trastuzumab deruxtecan falls in the HER2-positive metastatic colorectal cancer treatment paradigm; and how the PROSPECT trial results can improve quality of life for patients with rectal cancer.