Gastrointestinal Cancer
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HPV-16 E6 seropositivity common before anal cancer develops
Key clinical point: HPV-16 E6 seropositivity was relatively common among people who went on to develop anal cancer, and less common but still...
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Smoking linked to many ‘new’ causes of death
Key clinical point: Smoking is now thought to cause many deaths from infections; renal failure; liver cirrhosis; digestive diseases; and breast,...
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Mortality low in multisite study of MIE
Key clinical point: Minimally invasive esophagectomy was safely performed at multiple surgical centers with morbidity and mortality comparable to...
Conference Coverage
Jury still out on survival benefit of resecting primary in mCRC
Key clinical point: Data are mixed regarding an overall survival benefit of resecting the primary tumor. Major finding: Two studies found a...
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New immunomodulator shows promise in pancreatic cancer
Key clinical point: IMM-101 appears safe and efficacious when added to gemcitabine as first-line therapy. Major finding: Median overall survival...
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Older age doesn’t preclude use of ramucirumab for gastric cancers
(Cyramza)
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Choose colonoscopy over sigmoidoscopy for screening of proximal advanced serrated lesions
Key clinical point: Screening colonoscopy is more effective than sigmoidoscopy for detection of proximal advanced serrated lesions and,...
David Henry's JCSO Podcast
David Henry's JCSO podcast, January 2015
Conference Coverage
Survival seen in mCRC trials has limited generalizability to real world
Key clinical point: Survival of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer in the real world falls short of that in clinical trials. Major finding...
Conference Coverage
AFP may help guide ramucirumab therapy in advanced HCC
Key clinical point: Pretreatment AFP levels may be a biomarker for ramucirumab benefit. Major finding: Patients with AFP levels of 400 ng/mL or...
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Statins found to have a survival benefit in colorectal cancer
Key clinical point: Patients with colorectal cancer who take statins are less likely to die. Major finding: Relative to nonusers, statin users had...