Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Brivanib Disappoints in KRAS Wild-Type Colorectal Cancer
Major Finding: There was no significant gain in median overall survival with brivanib-cetuximab, compared with placebo-cetuximab in intention-to-...
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Gastric Cancer Subtype May Affect Bevacizumab Benefit
Major Finding: The addition of bevacizumab improved overall survival only in patients from Europe and the Americas who had diffuse or distal...
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NICE Nixes Bevacizumab, Cetuximab, and Panitumumab in Colorectal Cancer
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No Panitumumab Benefit Seen in Colorectal Cancer with KRAS Mutations
Major Finding: There were no consistent associations across trials between the most common codon 12 and 13 KRAS mutant alleles and progression-...
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Regorafenib Anticipated to Show Survival Advantage in Colorectal Cancer
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Old Antivirals Rival New for Cancer Prevention in Hepatitis B
Major Finding: The rate of hepatocellular carcinoma was 0.013-0.017 per person-year of follow-up with lamivudine, 0.015 with adefovir with or...
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Smoking Doubles Cancer Risk in Barrett's Esophagus
Major Finding: After adjustment for demographics, presence of low-grade dysplasia, reflux symptoms, and Barrett’s segment length at diagnosis,...
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Therapies Can Extend Life in Infiltrative Liver Cancer
Major Finding: Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization/ radiofrequency ablation gives patients with infiltrative HCC an extra 3 months of life on...
Case Reports
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: a potential side effect of gemcitabine
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Medicare Study Confirms Colonoscopy's Cancer Prevention Power
Major Finding: Colonoscopy was associated with a 73% lower risk of distal colorectal cancer (hazard ratio, 0.27) and a 54% lower risk of proximal...
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Long-Term Risk of GI Cancers Not Elevated in Celiac Patients
Major Finding: Overall, celiac disease patients do not have a significantly elevated risk of gastrointestinal cancers, nor do patients with celiac...