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Despite being considered a rare type of malignancy, constituting only 3% of all gastrointestinal cancers, the incidence of biliary tract cancers (BTCs) has been increasing worldwide in recent years, with about 20,000 new cases annually only in the USA.1–3 These cancers arise from the biliary epithelium of the small ducts in the periphery of the liver […]

Kohei Shitara, ESMO 2019 – Immuno-oncology in gastric/gastro-oesophageal junction cancer

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Published Online: Oct 11th 2019

We join Kohei Shitara at ESMO 2019 to discuss the future of immuno-oncology in gastric/gastro-oesophageal junction cancer.

Questions
1. What are the major challenges of immuno-oncology (I-O) in gastric/gastro-oesophageal junction cancer? (0:05)
2. Which I-O approaches look most promising, to date? (0:45)
3. What are the most promising biomarkers of response to immune checkpoint inhibitors in this treatment setting? (1:46)
4. What are the potential challenges and benefits of combined treatment approaches with immune checkpoint inhibitors? (2:34)
5. In what other ways do you expect I-O to evolve in this treatment setting? (3:56)

Kohei Shitara has acted as a consultant/advisor for, and received research funding from, MSD.

Filmed at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2019, Barcelona, Spain.

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