Top Highlights From the 2015 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium
This slide show includes some of the highlights from the 2015 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, including a study that linked vitamin D levels to colorectal cancer outcomes, positive results in pancreatic cancer with a new targeted agent, and more.
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1. Chen L-T, Von Hoff DD, Li C-P, et al. Expanded analyses of napoli-1: Phase 3 study of MM-398 (nal-IRI), with or without 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin, versus 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin, in metastatic pancreatic cancer (mPAC) previously treated with gemcitabine-based therapy. 2015 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. Abstract 234.
2. Smith JJ, Chow OS, Eaton A, et al. Organ preservation in patients with rectal cancer with clinical complete response after neoadjuvant therapy. 2015 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. Abstract 509.
3. Zhu AX, Ryoo B-Y, Yen C-J, et al. Ramucirumab (RAM) as second-line treatment in patients (pts) with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC): Analysis of patients with elevated α-fetoprotein (AFP) from the randomized phase III REACH study. 2015 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. Abstract 232.
4. Kwak EL, LoRusso P, Hamid O, et al. Clinical activity of AMG 337, an oral MET kinase inhibitor, in adult patients (pts) with MET-amplified gastroesophageal junction (GEJ), gastric (G), or esophageal (E) cancer. 2015 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. Abstract 1.
5. Mariette C, Meunier B, Pezet D, et al. Hybrid minimally invasive versus open oesophagectomy for patients with oesophageal cancer: A multicenter, open-label, randomized phase III controlled trial, the MIRO trial. 2015 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. Abstract 5.
6. Cremolini C, Loupakis F, Masi G, et al. FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab (bev) versus FOLFIRI plus bev as first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC): Updated survival results of the phase III TRIBE trial by the GONO group. 2015 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. Abstract 657.
7. Muro K, Bang Y-J, Shankaran V, et al. Relationship between PD-L1 expression and clinical outcomes in patients (Pts) with advanced gastric cancer treated with the anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody pembrolizumab (Pembro; MK-3475) in KEYNOTE-012. 2015 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. Abstract 3.
8. Penniment MG. Full report of the TROG 03.01, NCIC CTG ES2 multinational phase III study in advanced esophageal cancer comparing palliation of dysphagia and quality of life in patients treated with radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy. 2015 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. Abstract 6.
9. Ng K, Venook AP, Sato K, et al. Vitamin D status and survival of metastatic colorectal cancer patients: Results from CALGB/SWOG 80405 (Alliance). 2015 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. Abstract 507.
10. Phan AT, Caplin ME, Pavel ME, et al. Effects of lanreotide autogel/depot (LAN) in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs): A subgroup analysis from the CLARINET study. 2015 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. Abstract 233.
11. Tabernero J, Cohn AL, Obermannova R, et al. RAISE: A randomized, double-blind, multicenter phase III study of irinotecan, folinic acid, and 5-fluorouracil (FOLFIRI) plus ramucirumab (RAM) or placebo (PBO) in patients (pts) with metastatic colorectal carcinoma (CRC) progressive during or following first-line combination therapy with bevacizumab (bev), oxaliplatin (ox), and a fluoropyrimidine (fp). 2015 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. Abstract 512.
12. Shah MA, Cho JY, Tan IB, et al. Randomized phase II study of FOLFOX +/- MET inhibitor, onartuzumab (O), in advanced gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma (GEC). 2015 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. Abstract 2.
