ASCO: In stomach cancer, AstraZeneca and Daiichi’s Enhertu goes where Roche’s Kadcyla couldn’t
In a pivotal study, patients taking Enhertu from AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo saw their tumors shrink and were still alive after a... Read More
Hispanic/Latino gastric adenocarcinoma patients have distinct molecular profiles including a high rate of germline CDH1 mutations
Gene sequencing revealed a high rate of mutations that raise the risk of gastric cancer among people of hispanic origins, according to... Read More
Oesophageal and proximal gastric adenocarcinomas are rare after detection of Helicobacter pylori infection
A study of more than 36,000 people with H. pylori raises questions about the long-held belief that eradicating the infection lowers the... Read More
Low-Dose Aspirin Might Lower Odds for Digestive Cancers
Low-dose aspirin may reduce the risk of digestive tract cancers, including gastric cancer, according to European researchers who analyzed 113 studies and... Read More
Cisplatin, fluorouracil in bolus injection, and leucovorin in first-line therapy for advanced gastric cancer as an alternative to protocols with infusional fluorouracil
A chemo regimen containing fluorouracil, cisplatin and leucovorin outperformed continuous use of fluorouracil in a Brazilian study of gastric cancer patients
Biomarker analyses of second-line ramucirumab in patients with advanced gastric cancer from RAINBOW, a global, randomized, double-blind, phase 3 study
A study showed that Cyramza with paclitaxel improved survival in gastric cancer over paclitaxel alone.
New markers and models of premalignancy and the early development of gastric cancer
Using a new model of stomach pre-cancers in mice, Dana-Farber researchers gained important insights into the early events that lead to the... Read More
Combined therapy may improve clinical responses for endometrial, colorectal and gastric tumors
A study by MD Anderson found that tumors with DNA mismatch repair, including gastric cancer, responded to a combo of an investigational... Read More
Family History of Gastric Cancer and Helicobacter pylori Treatment
A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine concludes that eradicating H. Pylori in people with a family history of... Read More
Manish Shah, MD, discusses avelumab’s effectiveness based on results from the JAVELIN 100 study
Manish Shah of Weill Cornell Medicine explains the results of a recent study in which gastric cancer patients given either chemo or... Read More
