ASCO Annual Meeting: GI Spotlight

Arturo Loaiza-Bonilla, MD, MSEd, discusses the significant advancements and ongoing efforts in integrating artificial intelligence into oncology.

Anita Turk, MD, discusses what she is most excited about regarding immunotherapy in the realm of colorectal cancer treatment.

Anita Turk, MD, discusses the unmet needs that still exist in the realm of colorectal cancer treatment and management.

Anita Turk, MD, discusses abstracts from ASCO 2025 highlight the evolving role of ctDNA in the management of colorectal cancer.

Anita Turk, MD, details her biggest takeaways from the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting in gastrointestinal cancers.

Discover groundbreaking advancements in GI cancer treatments from ASCO 2025, highlighting innovative therapies and improved patient outcomes.

Arturo Loaiza-Bonilla, MD, MSEd, discusses 5-year data from the phase 3 CheckMate 577 trial, presented at the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting.

The QUILT-88 study reveals promising survival rates for advanced pancreatic cancer patients using a multimodal treatment approach, combining chemotherapy and immunotherapy.

Arturo Loaiza-Bonilla, MD, MSEd, discusses the phase 3 ATOMIC trial presented at the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.

Arturo Loaiza-Bonilla, MD, MSEd, discusses the potential of disitamab vedotin, toripalimab, and chemotherapy/trastuzumab in first-line treatment.

Arturo Loaiza-Bonilla, MD, MSEd, discusses findings from the MATTERHORN trial in patients with resectable gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

Sara Char, MD, discusses how inflammatory diets impact colon cancer survival rates.

A recent trial reveals that durvalumab enhances event-free survival in patients with resectable gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

A recent study reveals rising early-onset colorectal cancer rates, highlighting disparities and the need for improved screening and early detection strategies.

Fruquintinib with chemotherapy and PD-1 blockade showed promising efficacy in HER2-negative advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

Vincent Picozzi, MD, discusses findings from the phase 3 trial PANOVA-3 of TTFields with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel in locally advanced pancreatic cancer.

The ShorTrip trial found that short-course radiotherapy followed by FOLFOX and FOLFOXIRI improved pathological response rates in locally advanced rectal cancer.

J. Randolph (Randy) Hecht, MD, discusses the phase 3 OrigAMI-3 trial for patients with recurrent, unresectable, or metastatic RAS/BRAF wild-type colorectal cancer.

The first-line regimen of disitamab vedotin, toripalimab, and trastuzumab revealed superior efficacy and response rates vs disitamab vedotin, toripalimab, and chemotherapy in HER2-expressing locally advanced or metastatic G/GEJ cancer.

EBC-129 demonstrates early activity and manageable safety in patients with heavily pretreated pancreatic cancer, supporting further development.

A randomized phase 2 study of a GSK-3ß inhibitor plus gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel showed survival benefit in patients with untreated metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Dose adjustments enabled longer NALIRIFOX exposure and survival in select metastatic PDAC patients, with favorable clinical profiles despite multiple metastatic sites.

Fruquintinib plus camrelizumab, paclitaxel liposome, and nedaplatin showed a 68.4% ORR and acceptable safety in advanced ESCC.

Neoadjuvant PAXG led to a significant improvement in event-free survival vs mFOLFIRINOX in resectable or borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Adjuvant nivolumab offered sustained survival benefits in resected esophageal/GEJ cancer post chemoradiation, with PD-L1 emerging as a potential biomarker.

Durvalumab plus FLOT improved event-free survival vs placebo in resectable gastric/GEJ cancer.

In the phase 3 PANOVA-3 trial, patients who underwent tumor-treating fields therapy had extended overall survival vs standard-of-care gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel.

A 3-year structured exercise program significantly improved DFS and OS in stage II/III CRC, reducing recurrence by 28% and death risk by 37%.

Less inflammatory diets were linked to improved overall survival in stage III colon cancer, and physical activity showed synergistic benefits.