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Highlights from the 2009 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium
OncoLink reporters provide in-depth coverage of scientific presentations from the Science and Multidisciplinary Management of GI Malignancies symposium in San Francisco, CA, January 15-17, 2009.
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Cetuximab-based neoadjuvant chemoradiation and surgical resection in patients with locally advanced esophageal and gastric cancer
Presenter: H.J. Wanebo, Brown University Oncology Group, Providence, Rhode Island Background Although surgical treatments remain a mainstay of definitive treatments for esophageal and gastric cancers, several groups have demonstrated benefit to... |
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Effect of extended preoperative chemotherapy on pathologic response and pathologic livery insufficiency after hepatic resection of colorectal liver metastases
Presenter: D. Zorzi, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Background Recent advances in detection and treatment of liver metastasis from colon cancer have resulted in improved outcomes for patients in this disease setting. Most patients are... |
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Final safety findings from a randomized phase III trial of preoperative FU-based chemoradiation +/- weekly oxaliplatin as neoadjuvant therapy for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer: the STAR (Studio Terapia Adiuvante Retto)-01 randomized trial
Presenter: C. Aschele on behalf of STAR Network Investigators Background Beginning in the mid-1990s, with the publication of results from the German CAO/ARO/AIO 94 trial, a paradigm shift from treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer with... |
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Relative Outcomes for Asian-Americans with Gastric Adenocarcinoma
Presenter: B.A. Mailey, City of Hope, Duarte, CA Background Reported outcomes for patients with gastric cancer have historically been better in Japan and other Asian countries than in the United States and Europe. These differences have... |
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Use of endoscopic ultrasonography in screening patients at high-risk for pancreatic cancer
Presenter: J. Poley, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands Background Screening of the general population for certain malignancies, including breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, and cervix cancer has become standard of care... |
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