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Gastric Cancer
Nivolumab Demonstrates Efficacy in Preliminary Data for Gastric Cancer
July 16, 2020
Yu Sunakawa, MD, PhD, discusses the data observed in the DELIVER trial, which was presented as an updated analysis of nivolumab in patients with advanced gastric cancer at the European Society of Oncology World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer 2020.
Analyzing the DESTINY-Gastric01 Trial for Gastric or GEJ Adenocarcinoma
June 17, 2020
Manish A. Shah, MD, discusses the design and efficacy of the DESTINY-Gastric01 trial of trastuzumab deruxtecan in patients with HER2-positive advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.
Margetuximab Gains FDA Orphan Drug Designation in Gastric/GEJ Cancer
June 05, 2020
The FDA has granted margetuximab an orphan drug designation for the treatment of patients with gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer.
HER2+ Colorectal and Gastric/GEJ Cancers Demonstrate Responses to Fam-Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Therapy
May 30, 2020
Data from 2 phase 2 trials involving fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki revealed the agent’s ability to induce responses in patients with HER2-positive metastatic colorectal cancer and advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.
Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Receives Orphan Drug Designation from FDA for Gastric Cancer
May 22, 2020
Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki has received an Orphan Drug designation for the treatment of patients with gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer.
Liquid Biopsies Become More Common for Gastric and GI Cancers
May 13, 2020
Joseph Kim, MD, discusses the utility of liquid biopsies in patients with gastric or gastrointestinal cancer at the 2020 GI Cancers Symposium held by the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Phase I/II Study Demonstrates Good Efficacy for Gastric Cancer
April 23, 2020
Shuichi Hironaka, MD, PhD, discusses the efficacy of a phase I/II study of nivolumab, paclitaxel, and ramucirumab as second-line treatment of patients with advanced gastric cancer during the 2020 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.
FDA Grants Pembrolizumab Priority Review for TMB-High Tumors
April 07, 2020
The FDA has accepted and granted a priority review to a supplemental Biologics License Application for pembrolizumab for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with unresectable or metastatic solid tumors with tissue tumor mutational burden-high who have progressed following prior treatment and who have no satisfactory alternative treatment options.
Chemotherapy Toxicity Correlates With Nutritional Factors in Solid Tumors
March 30, 2020
An association was found between a lower risk of grade 3 or higher chemotherapy toxicity with higher body mass indexes and normal albumin, a protein made in the liver, levels in older adult patients with solid tumors, according to an analysis of a prospective, multicenter study.
COVID-19 Presents an Opportunity for Precision Medicine to Play Expanded Role in Care
March 30, 2020
A sudden surge in the cases of COVID-19 due to pandemic, along with efforts to contain it, has led to multiple challenges that no country has experienced in the last several decades. The global pandemic from COVID-19 poses a unique set of challenges not only for patients with cancer who need their treatment, but also for caregivers, oncologists, and the overall care team.