Advertisement


Pieter van der Sluis, MD, PhD, on Esophageal Cancer: Results From a Surgical Treatment Trial

2018 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Advertisement

Pieter van der Sluis, MD, PhD, of the University Medical Center Utrecht, discusses study findings that compared robot-assisted minimally invasive thoracolaparoscopic esophagectomy vs open transthoracic esophagectomy for resectable esophageal cancer (Abstract 6).



Related Videos

Pancreatic Cancer
Immunotherapy

Steven D. Leach, MD, on Pancreatic Cancer: Keynote Lecture

Steven D. Leach, MD, of Dartmouth University’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center, discusses the personalized approach that GI cancers will require to make rational use of immunotherapy—including a subset of pancreatic cancers, which appear to be highly immunogenic and are associated with long-term survival.

Gastroesophageal Cancer
Gastrointestinal Cancer

Manish A. Shah, MD, on Gastric Cancer: Results From the RAINFALL Trial

Manish A. Shah, MD, of Weill Cornell Medicine, discusses phase III study findings on cisplatin plus capecitabine or fluorouracil with or without ramucirumab as first-line therapy in patients with metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (Abstract 5).

Gastroesophageal Cancer

Abraham J. Wu, MD, on Esophageal Cancer: Impact of Lung and Heart Dose on Survival After Radiotherapy

Abraham J. Wu, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses his findings that suggest efforts to reduce lung dose, such as shrinking the treatment volumes or using proton therapy, may improve outcomes in esophageal cancer (Abstract 3).

Colorectal Cancer

Mark Saunders, MD, PhD, on Colorectal Cancer: Results From the SCOT Trial

Mark Saunders, MD, PhD, of Christie Hospital, discusses study findings on tumor sidedness and the influence of chemotherapy duration on disease-free survival (Abstract 558).

Hepatobiliary Cancer

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, on HCC: Results From the CELESTIAL Trial

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses phase III study findings on cabozantinib vs placebo in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma who have received prior treatment with sorafenib (Abstract 207).

Advertisement

Advertisement




Advertisement