Gastrointestinal Cancer | Specialty

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.

Strides in GI Cancer Subsets Influence Advances

June 20th 2023

Tanios S. Bekaii-Saab, MD, highlights the unmet needs in GI malignancies and discusses how interdisciplinary meetings, such as the 20th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology, provide the framework for disseminating information and driving innovative advances.

What is the Role of Biomarker Testing in Biliary Tract Cancers?

June 20th 2023

Shared insight on the role of molecular testing in the diagnosis of biliary tract cancers and how it may inform the selection of optimal therapy.

Overview of Biliary Tract Cancers and Diagnosis

June 20th 2023

Expert oncologists Milind Javle, MD, and Laura Goff, MD, reflect on the subsets of biliary tract cancers and consider best practices in making an accurate diagnosis.

Frontline Pembrolizumab Plus Trastuzumab/Chemo Improves PFS in HER2+ Advanced Gastric or GEJ Adenocarcinoma

June 16th 2023

The addition of pembrolizumab to trastuzumab and chemotherapy improved progression-free survival over trastuzumab and chemotherapy alone when used as a frontline regimen in patients with HER2-positive advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

Toripalimab Plus Chemo Elicits Significant OS Improvement in Recurrent or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

June 15th 2023

First-line treatment with toripalimab in combination with gemcitabine and cisplatin resulted in a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival and progression-free survival vs placebo plus chemotherapy in patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Infigratinib Receives Breakthrough Therapy Designation in China for Gastric Cancer

June 15th 2023

China’s National Medical Products Administration has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to infigratinib for the treatment of patients with gastric cancer.

FDA Accepts sNDA for Frontline NALIRIFOX in Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

June 14th 2023

The FDA has accepted a supplemental new drug application seeking approval of the NALIRIFOX regimen comprised of irinotecan liposome injection plus 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin as a first-line treatment for patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Dr Giannakis on the Initial Efficacy of CGX1321 With or Without Pembrolizumab in GI Cancers

June 14th 2023

Marios Giannakis, MD, PhD, discusses preliminary efficacy data from a phase 1 study of CGX1321 with or without pembrolizumab in advanced gastrointestinal tumors.

Dr Goel on the Preliminary Efficacy of Tinengotinib Monotherapy in Advanced Solid Tumors

June 13th 2023

Sanjay Goel, MD, MS, discusses the preliminary efficacy of tinengotinib monotherapy in advanced solid tumors according to data from a phase 1b/2 trial (NCT04742959).

Dr Pant on the Investigation of Zanidatamab in Biliary Tract Cancer

June 9th 2023

Shubham Pant, MD, MBBS, discusses the rationale for the phase 2b HERIZON-BTC-01 trial and shares the results with zanidatamab in previously treated HER2-amplified biliary tract cancer.

FDA Approval Sought for Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy in Biliary Tract Cancer

June 8th 2023

The FDA has accepted for review a supplemental biologics license application seeking the approval of pembrolizumab plus standard chemotherapy comprised of gemcitabine and cisplatin for use in patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic biliary tract cancer.

Neoadjuvant Durvalumab Plus Chemo Improves pCR Vs Chemo Alone in Gastric and GEJ Cancers

June 8th 2023

The addition of durvalumab to standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy significantly improved pathologic complete response over neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone in patients with resectable, early-stage and locally advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers.

Breaking Down the Data in Genitourinary, Gastrointestinal, and Breast Cancers, Plus Sarcoma and Melanoma at ASCO 2023: Drs Rini, Lewis, Trent, Luke, Kunz, and Lustberg

June 6th 2023

OncLive® will be LIVE with OncLive® News Network: On Location at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting. Each day, we will broadcast a series of interviews with top thought leaders, to learn their thoughts and reactions to data presented across hematologic oncology during the conference.

Preoperative FOLFOX Is Noninferior to Preoperative Chemoradiation in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

June 4th 2023

Neoadjuvant treatment with fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin proved to be as effective as pelvic chemoradiation with fewer adverse effects in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer who were eligible for sphincter-sparing surgery.

BI 764532 Shows Early Efficacy, Manageable Tolerability in DLL3+ SCLC and Neuroendocrine Carcinoma

June 4th 2023

When administered at doses of 90 μg/kg or higher, the novel DLL3-targeting T-cell engager, BI 764532, was found to have an acceptable toxicity profile and to elicit encouraging responses in patients with DLL3-positive small cell lung cancer and neuroendocrine carcinoma.

Zanidatamab Elicits Responses in HER2-amplified Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer

June 3rd 2023

Zanidatamab generated responses in patients with HER2-amplified, locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic biliary tract cancer who were previously treated with gemcitabine.

NALIRIFOX Elicits Statistically Significant Improvement in OS/PFS in Previously Untreated mPDAC

June 3rd 2023

Liposomal irinotecan plus 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin and oxaliplatin generated statistically significant and clinically meaningful overall survival and progression-free survival benefits compared with gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel in treatment-naïve patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

HIMALAYA Safety Data Support STRIDE Regimen as A Global Treatment Option for uHCC

June 3rd 2023

Patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma experienced manageable and low-grade immune-related adverse events with single tremelimumab regular interval durvalumab.

Dr Gibson on Addressing Remaining Unmet Needs in GI Cancers

June 2nd 2023

Michael K. Gibson MD, PhD, discusses the importance of addressing unmet needs related to treatment for patients with gastrointestinal cancers.

Olverembatinib Recommended for Breakthrough Therapy Designation in China for SDH-Deficient GIST

June 1st 2023

The China National Medical Products Adminstration’s Center for Drug Evaluation has recommended that olverembatinib receive breakthrough therapy designation for the treatment of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor that is succinate dehydrogenase deficient.