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Patients with gastric, gastroesophageal junction (GEJ), and esophageal adenocarcinomas may only represent a small percentage of your practice, but as these are aggressive cancers that confer a high mortality rate, having a working knowledge of best practices in testing and treatment selection are critical to optimal outcomes.
Advances in cancer biology and sequencing technology have enabled the selection of targeted and more effective treatments for individual patients across solid tumors. To date, three molecular biomarkers have been demonstrated to predict a response to targeted therapies in patients with gastric and/or gastroesophageal junction (G/GEJ) cancers: HER2 positivity for trastuzumab and trastuzumab deruxtecan, and microsatellite instability (MSI) status and PD-L1 expression for pembrolizumab. There are several new targets that have agents in late-stage trials: claudin 18.2-positive (CLDN18.2+) and FGFR2b.
This activity will provide details on the current best practices and what we should be anticipating in the near term.
Michael Pishvaian, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Medical Oncology
Johns Hopkins University
Washington, District of Columbia
Aatur D. Singhi, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Nataliya Uboha, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Section of Hematology and Oncology
University of Wisconsin,
Carbone Cancer Center
Madison, Wisconsin
This educational activity has been designed to meet the needs of medical oncologists, gastroenterologists, pathologists and other HCPs who treat or manage patients with gastric and/or gastroesophageal cancers.
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Michael Pishvaian MD, PhD
Advisor: AstraZeneca, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer
Funding: Amgen, Arcus Bio, Astra Zeneca, Biomedical Valley, Daichi Sankyo, Ideaya, Merck, Pfizer, Repare RX, Seattle Genetics, Tizonia
Stock: Perthera
Aatur D. Singhi, MD, PhD
Consultant: Foundation Medicine
Nataliya V. Uboha
Advisor: Astellas, AstraZeneca, Boston Gene, Helsinn, Incyte, QED, Taiho
Research Support: Ipsen, Taiho
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