E-Updates - January 2018
ALLIANCE RESEARCH IN SPOTLIGHT
2018 Gastrointestinal cancers symposium january 18-20
The 2018 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium featured a wide array of multidisciplinary topics of international interest, covering cancers of the esophagus and stomach, pancreas, small bowel and hepatobiliary tract, and the colon, rectum and anus. Session topics include "Global Perspectives on Surveillance, Risk Factors, and Management of Early Gastric Cancer," as well as the multimodality management of biliary cancers. Other topics included young onset colon cancer, and liquid biopsies. The symposium was co-sponsored by the American Gastroenterological Association Institute, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society for Radiation Oncology and Society of Surgical Oncology.
The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology presented three abstracts from its study portfolio during the annual symposium January 18-20 in San Francisco, CA.
Take a closer look.
Pilot Study
A Pilot Case Control Study: Could a Gastric Cancer Risk Screening Tool Help Identify High Risk Patients for Endoscopic Screening in the US?
Lead author: Haejin In, MD
Session: Poster Session A: Cancers of the Esophagus and Stomach
Location: Thursday January 18, 11:30 am to 1 pm, Level 1, West Hall (Poster)
CALGB (Alliance) 80405
Association of RAS Mutations with Race in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer CALGB 80405 (Alliance)
Lead author: Amikar Sehdev, MD, MPH
Session: Poster Session C: Cancers of the Colon, Rectum, and Anus
Location: Saturday January 20, 7 am to 7:55 am, Level 1, West Hall (Poster)
Learn more about the trial.
NCCTG (Alliance) N0147
Immunoscore Provides Prognostic Information in Low (T1-3N1) and High Risk (T4 or N2) Subsets of Stage III Colon Carcinoma Patients Treated with Adjuvant FOLFOX in a Phase III Trial (NCCTG N0147; Alliance)
Lead author: Frank A. Sinicrope, MD
Session: Poster Session C: Cancers of the Colon, Rectum, and Anus
Location: Saturday January 20, 7 am to 7:55 am, Level 1, West Hall (Poster)
Learn more about the trial.
