Shah says as more treatments become available, oncologists need to consider the order in which they give treatments to patients with gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer.
Manish A. Shah, MD, medical oncologist, Bartlett Associate Professor of GI Oncology, Weill Cornell Medical Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, discusses how BBI608 might fit into the treatment paradigm for gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer. Shah says as more treatments become available, oncologists need to consider the order in which they give patients treatments. He adds that not all gastric cancers are the same, so identifying which cancers would be best treated by a PD-1 inhibitor and which would be best treated by a stem cell inhibitor is crucial.
Pembrolizumab/Trastuzumab/Chemo Enhances Survival in HER2+ Gastric Cancer
May 1st 2024The combination of pembrolizumab, trastuzumab, and chemotherapy showed significant improvement in overall survival vs placebo in patients with HER2-positive advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.
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Gholam Analyzes Treatment Outcomes for Advanced HCC in Child-Pugh B Population
April 28th 2024During a live Community Case Forum event in partnership with the Tennessee Oncology Practice Society, Pierre Gholam, MD, examined the current state of treatment for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, looking in particular at what data is available for those with Child-Pugh B and C status who have poorer outcomes and have limited data from prospective clinical trials.
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