ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer 2020 Virtual
Third- or Later-Line Treatment With Infigratinib in Patients With Cholangiocarcinoma and FGFR2 Fusions
At the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer 2020 Virtual, Milind Javle, MD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, and collea...
Novel Tremelimumab/Durvalumab Regimen Active in Advanced Hepatocelluar Carcinoma
A single priming dose of tremelimumab and durvalumab, followed by monthly durvalumab, showed clinical activity in a predominantly second-line advanced hepatocellular carcinoma population, in a study ...
NTRK Fusions in Gastrointestinal Cancers: Rare but Responsive to Treatment
Although NTRK gene fusions occur in less than 5% of gastrointestinal cancers, it looks like they can be targeted successfully with NTRK inhibitors. In a pooled analysis of three clinical trials, 50% o...
First-Line Liposomal Irinotecan–Containing Regimen Studied in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
In patients with newly diagnosed locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma, treatment with liposomal irinotecan plus fluorouracil (5-FU), leucovorin, and oxaliplatin (NALIRIFOX) resulte...
ESMO World GI: Third- or Later-Line Treatment With Infigratinib in Patients With Cholangiocarcinoma and FGFR2 Fusions
At the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer 2020 Virtual, Javle et al reported that third- and later-line treatment with the selective fibroblast grow...
Third- or Later-Line Treatment With Infigratinib in Patients With Cholangiocarcinoma and FGR2 Fusions
At the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer 2020 Virtual, Javle et al reported that third- and later-line treatment with the selective fibroblast grow...
Effectiveness of Maintenance Olaparib for Germline BRCA-Mutated Pancreatic Cancer Across Age Groups: Additional Analysis of the POLO Trial
According to an additional analysis from the POLO trial, safety of maintenance olaparib in patients with a germline BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 mutation and metastatic pancreatic cancer is consistent, irrespec...
