Audrey Andrews, Freelance Medical Writer

Colorectal cancer patients who had wild-type (normal) KRAS gene status, but mutations in the BRAF, had a poor prognosis in spite of treatment with cetuximab.

Patients with high intake of polyamines found in orange juice, corn, red meat, peas and nuts had larger, more advanced adenomas on colonoscopy screening.

For patients with pancreatic cancer, an inhibitor of the insulin-like growth factor receptor led to response rates or stable disease in a majority of patients.

The TN category of disease significantly impacts survival, relapse, and colostomy failure in patients with anal cancer treated with concurrent chemoradiation.

Sorafenib was beneficial in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma patients, but failed to improve outcomes when given after transarterial chemoembolization.

Resection via the abdominal and transhiatal approach is superior to the left thoracoabdominal approach for cardia and subcardia tumors.

Gastric cancer patients with positive peritoneal cytology who convert to negative cytology after systemic chemotherapy see a great improvement in survival.