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December 22, 2020

Blood test picks out cancers likely to benefit from targeted drugs

British researchers discovered that a blood test could identify gastric cancer patients who might benefit from EGFR-inhibiting drugs.

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Adding immunotherapy to chemotherapy has been a “significant advance” in treating gastric cancer, but questions remain, says Samuel Cytryn, MD, a gastrointestinal oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.www.oncologynewscentral.com/article/most-significant-advance-in-gastric-cancer-care-leads-to-new-... ... See MoreSee Less

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In a trial, treating gastric cancer patients with chemoradiotherapy prior to surgery did not boost survival rates. ... See MoreSee Less

Survival Rates with Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Resectable Gastric Cancer

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Gastric Cancer Foundation

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I-Mab’s bispecific antibody targeting CLDN18.2 showed promising efficacy as a solo treatment for gastric cancer patients in an early trial.www.nasdaq.com/articles/i-mab-reports-promising-results-phase-1-study-givastomig-gastric-cancer ... See MoreSee Less

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For some patients with gastric cancer, the risks outweigh the benefits of checkpoint-inhibiting immunotherapy drugs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says. ... See MoreSee Less

FDA ODAC Finds Limited Benefit for Checkpoint Inhibitors in Low PD-L1 Gastric Cancer

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The FDA’s Oncologic Drug Advisory Committee voted against the use of checkpoint inhibitors in first-line advanced gastric cancer with PD-L1 expression less than 1.

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The new gastric cancer treatment Vyloy (zolbetuximab-clzb), which targets the tumor protein claudin 18.2, “is an important step forward for patients suffering from this serious and often fatal cancer,” said Professor Florian Lordick, Director of the University Cancer Center Leipzig, which was a clinical trial site for the drug. ... See MoreSee Less

Drug Extends Survival in Gastric Cancer Clinical Trial

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A new study reveals that gastric cancer patients treated with zolbetuximab live longer.

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