Foundation-Funded Lab at MD Anderson Advances Discoveries in Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
About 45% of gastric cancer patients experience peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC), the spread of the cancer to the abdominal lining—a development... Read More
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New Grant Awarded to USC for Study of Epigenetic Targets in Gastric Cancer
Some gastric tumors have genetic abnormalities that can be directly targeted with drugs, such as HER2 mutations. But cancer is... Read MoreNew Foundation Grant to Dana-Farber for Study of “Chromosomal Instability” in Gastric Cancer
Gastric tumors with a genetic abnormality called microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) can be treated with immune-targeted drugs, but there’s a much... Read More
Basilea starts phase 1/2 study FIDES-03 with derazantinib in patients with gastric cancer
Basilea Pharmaceutica has started a study of a drug that inhibits the cancer-driving protein FGFR. It will be studied alone... Read More
Association of malnutrition with geriatric assessment impairments and health‐related quality of life among older adults with gastrointestinal malignancies
Gastric cancer patients over age 60 face a high risk of malnutrition, which lowers their quality of life and leads... Read More
Leap Therapeutics Announces FDA Fast Track Designation Granted to DKN-01 for the Treatment of Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer
The FDA granted fast-track designation to Leap Therapeutics’ DKN-01, which blocks the DKK1 protein found in abundance in some gastric... Read More
Enhertu now approved in Japan for gastric cancer
Enhertu from Daiichi-Sankyo is now approved in Japan for the treatment of HER2-positive gastric cancer.-
Leap Therapeutics and BeiGene Announce First Patient Dosed in Study of DKN-01 in Combination with Tislelizumab for the Treatment of Metastatic Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer
Leap Therapeutics and BeiGene have started dosing patients in a trial combining an anti-PD-1 antibody with the novel targeted drug... Read More 
Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab or Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy vs Chemotherapy Alone for Patients With First-line, Advanced Gastric Cancer
In a recent trial, Keytruda was found to be as effective as chemotherapy in previously untreated gastric cancer patients, but... Read More
Long-Term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer
Laparoscopic surgery was equally effective as open surgery in gastric cancer patients in extending relapse-free survival periods, a recent study... Read More
Ramucirumab and durvalumab for previously treated, advanced non–small-cell lung cancer, gastric/gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, or hepatocellular carcinoma
Combining Cyramza with IMFINZI® (durvalumab) was safe and effective in a small trial that included gastric cancer patients.
Pieris and Lilly enter into a Clinical Trial Collaboration to Evaluate Combination of PRS-343 with Ramucirumab and Paclitaxel in Gastric Cancer
Pieris and Eli Lilly have partnered to test a combination of Cyramza, paclitaxel and Pieris’ novel bispecific antibody in HER2-positive... Read More
First US clinical trial testing efficacy of delivering aerosolized chemotherapy
City of Hope is recruiting patients with gastric cancer for a trial of a chemotherapy spray that can be delivered... Read More-
Immune Protein IL-17A Responsible for Lethal Side Effects of Gastric Cancer
Researchers in Japan discovered that the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-17A plays a role in promoting peritoneal spread in gastric cancer, and... Read More 
Phase 3 Trial Evaluating Opdivo (nivolumab) as Adjuvant Therapy for Patients with Resected Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer, Meets Primary Endpoint of Disease-Free Survival
In a trial, Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo improved disease-free survival in patients with esophageal cancer who had undergone surgery and... Read More
Effect of Lifestyle Factors and Garlic Supplementation on Gastric Cancer Incidence
A study of more than 3,000 people found that those who took garlic supplements regularly were protected from gastric cancer,... Read More-
Epstein-Barr virus rewires host epigenomes to drive stomach cancer
Epstein-Barr virus is known to raise the risk of gastric cancer. A recent study explains how the virus “rewires” the... Read More 
Fluctuating expression of miR-584 in primary and high-grade gastric cancer
A recent study found that H. Pylori infection raises levels of a particular miRNA, which could be used as a... Read More
Periodontal Disease, Tooth Loss Linked to Esophageal, Gastric Cancer
Harvard researchers found that people with a history of dental problems also face an increased risk of esophageal and gastric... Read More-
Nivolumab Demonstrates Efficacy in Preliminary Data for Gastric Cancer
Gastric cancer patients taking the immune-boosting drug Opdivo in a clinical trial had a disease control rate of 39%, according... Read More
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