Aspirin in colorectal cancer – has it still a place in secondary prevention?
Negative results from the ASCOT trial should not discourage researchers from investigating the drug’s potential in some molecularly distinct subgroups
Studies confirm the promise of ctDNA for MRD assessment in colorectal cancer, but limitations remain
Despite positive results from trials, the use of different assays with variable sensitivities and specificities impact their interpretation and clinical validation
Neoadjuvant nivolumab plus relatlimab shows benefit in MMR-deficient colon cancers
In the NICHE-3 study, all patients achieved a pathological response
Triplet therapy does not outperform doublet treatment first line in metastatic pancreatic cancer
Results from the JCOG1611-GENERATE trial fuel the debate around the preferred option in this setting
New treatment paradigms may offer advances in pancreatic cancer treatments
Neoadjuvant, perioperative, targeted and combined treatment approaches have shown potential benefit for patients with this aggressive disease, but further research is needed
Advanced pancreatic cancer: is triple chemotherapy into question?
Results presented at ESMO Congress 2023 open-up an interesting debate on the use of currently recommended treatment regimens
Data are still insufficient to recommend immune checkpoint inhibitors in perioperative therapy for gastric/gastro-oesophageal junction cancers
The impact of immunotherapy on disease progression and survival remains uncertain, but biomarker selection may be the future
Study shows noninferior overall survival with active surveillance compared with surgery in some oesophageal cancers
Findings from the SANO trial also reported clinically complete responses after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy
First-line pembrolizumab combination significantly improves PFS in HER2-positive metastatic G/GEJ adenocarcinoma
Adding immunotherapy to standard of care shows benefit compared with placebo and is confirmed to be practice-changing for this patient population
Are we over-treating patients with locally advanced rectal cancer?
Recently presented results suggest that a subset of patients with early stage rectal cancer could skip pre-operative radiotherapy, thus raising some questions about the standard of care