Cancer Network Highlights Top Stories From the 2015 ASCO GI Cancers Symposium
NORWALK, Conn., Feb. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica US announces that Cancer Network, a leading online community for oncologists and health care professionals who treat cancer, presents coverage of the 2015 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, held last month in San Francisco.
Cancer Network, the online home of the journal ONCOLOGY, offers news, blogs, and podcasts on the latest clinical findings and best practices in oncology.
Some of this year's meeting highlights:
- Surgery may not be necessary for all rectal cancer patients, as those with a clinical complete response after neoadjuvant therapy had similar 4-year survival rates as patients who underwent surgery.
- An intense chemo regimen plus bevacizumab improved survival in colorectal cancer patients by more than 4 months.
- MM-398 improved survival in metastatic pancreatic cancer patients when added to 5-FU/leucovorin chemotherapy.
- Metastatic colorectal cancer patients with higher vitamin D levels had better outcomes after treatment with chemotherapy and a targeted agent.
- Ramucirumab in the second-line setting resulted in a survival advantage for hepatocellular carcinoma patients with baseline AFP levels greater than 400 ng/mL, and the drug also improved survival in advanced colorectal cancer when combined with chemotherapy.
- A phase II study found that the TKI famitinib delayed disease progression in metastatic colorectal cancer patients.
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Addressing today's healthcare information needs, UBM Medica US, delivers strategic, integrated communications solutions and comprehensive reach -- online, in print, via custom programs and live events. Improving the effectiveness of healthcare through information and education, UBM Medica US provides unbiased clinical, practical, and business information for physicians, providers and payers resulting in improved quality of care for patients around the world. Through journals, magazines, online communities, live and digital events, and other valuable resources, UBM Medica US also delivers comprehensive communication solutions for the pharmaceutical and related industries. Online communities include CancerNetwork.com, ConsultantLive.com, DiagnosticImaging.com, RheumatologyNetwork.com, OBGYN.net, PhysiciansPractice.com, PsychiatricTimes.com and SearchMedica.com. UBM Medica US is part of UBM Connect which, through a range of aligned interactive environments, both physical and digital – increases business effectiveness for both customers and audiences through meaningful experiences, knowledge and connections. Headquartered in New York, UBM Connect brings together UBM's healthcare business, UBM Medica US; UBM Canon's advanced design and manufacturing event, online and print brands; UBM Connect New York's catering, cruise shipping, customer management, and fine, specialty and custom chemical communities; and UBM Mexico's concrete show. For more information, visit www.UBMMedicaUS.com.
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