Best of ASCO® Montreal 2024: Merck Mid-Afternoon Symposium: Clinical Management of Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Malignancies in Canada – Dr. Jonathan Cools-Lartigue

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Dr. Jamil Asselah
Dr. Kim Ma

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Dr. Jonathan Cools-Lartigue

This program has been made possible through unrestricted support from Merck

Studies/trials discussed:

  • Optimum lymphadenectomy for esophageal cancer
  • Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Esophageal or Junctional Cancer
  • Preoperative Chemoradiation Therapy Versus Chemotherapy in Patients Undergoing Modified En Bloc Esophagectomy for Locally Advanced Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Is Radiotherapy Beneficial?
  • Neo-AEGIS (Neoadjuvant trial in Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus and Esophago-Gastric Junction International Study): Preliminary results of phase III RCT of CROSS versus perioperative chemotherapy (Modified MAGIC or FLOT protocol). (NCT01726452).
  • Adjuvant Nivolumab in Resected Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer
  • Neoadjuvant and adjuvant pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy in locally advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal cancer (KEYNOTE-585): an interim analysis of the multicentre, double-blind, randomised phase 3 study
  • Phase II trial of perioperative chemotherapy + avelumab in locally advanced gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma: Preliminary results.
  • Perioperative Atezolizumab Plus Fluorouracil, Leucovorin, Oxaliplatin, and Docetaxel for Resectable Esophagogastric Cancer: Interim Results From the Randomized, Multicenter, Phase II/III DANTE/IKF-s633 Trial
  • INFINITY: A multicentre, single-arm, multi-cohort, phase II trial of tremelimumab and durvalumab as neoadjuvant treatment of patients with microsatellite instability-high (MSI) resectable gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (GAC/GEJAC).
  • An International Cohort Study of Prognosis Associated With Pathologically Complete Response Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Versus Chemoradiotherapy of Surgical Treated Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
  • Pathological response and survival with neoadjuvant therapy in melanoma: A pooled analysis from the International Neoadjuvant Melanoma Consortium (INMC).
  • Origins of lymphatic and distant metastases in human colorectal cancer
  • Dynamic Alteration of Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio over Treatment Trajectory is Associated with Survival in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
  • Multimodality treatment for esophageal adenocarcinoma: multi-center propensity-score matched study
  • ATTRACTION-5: A phase 3 study of nivolumab plus chemotherapy as postoperative adjuvant treatment for pathological stage III (pStage III) gastric or gastroesophageal junction (G/GEJ) cancer.