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Novel therapy with indoximod, an indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) pathway inhibitor, in combination with standard chemotherapy, yielded a response rate of 42% as first-line therapy for metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Treatment with ensituximab (NPC-1C), a chimeric IgG1 monoclonal antibody, induced stable disease in nearly half of patients with chemotherapy-refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) without contributing significant toxicity.

In patients with chemotherapy-refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), ensituximab (NPC-1C), a chimeric immunoglobulin IgG1 monoclonal antibody, produced stable disease in almost half the patients in a phase II study, without contributing toxicity.

Patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma enrolled on clinical trials have "profoundly improved survival" compared with patients in the general population, suggesting that oncologists who use trial data to prognosticate may be missing the mark, according to researchers whose work was presented at the 2016 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

Using genomic and proteomic characterization of pancreatic cancer tumors, researchers from Vall d

In an analysis of more than 17,000 patients with breast cancer, who are at risk for a genetic mutation, subjects were as likely to have a mutation in a gene other than BRCA1 and BRCA2 as they were to have these common mutations.

Lanreotide (Somatuline Depot) improved progression-free survival and resulted in more disease control compared with an observation strategy among patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs).

An analysis of the per-protocol population in the phase III NAPOLI-1 trial supports the benefits of adding MM-398 to 5-fluorouracil plus leucovorin (5-FU/LV) for the treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Pembrolizumab showed promising antitumor activity and a manageable toxicity profile in patients with metastatic gastric cancer, according to updated findings from the KEYNOTE-012 study.

An international team of investigators is evaluating the novel topoisomerase-1 inhibitor etirinotecan pegol in patients with metastatic breast cancer, and at the same time evaluating target-specific biomarkers in CTCs.

A 25-gene hereditary cancer panel can increase the identification of deleterious mutations by almost 70%, over testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) or Lynch syndrome alone.

HER2 blockade may enhance the duration of response to fulvestrant, according to researchers from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

The I-SPY 2 trial, which is evaluating novel agents in the neoadjuvant treatment of breast cancer, may accelerate and influence the way that oncology drugs are tested and approved in the near future.