Patients with some gastrointestinal tumors were able to be treated with immunotherapy drugs alone and avoid surgery, chemotherapy or radiation, the study found.

For the first time, a medicine aimed directly at the HER2 protein improved overall survival after gastric cancer progressed ...

It's often recommended as part of a balanced diet, but Italian researchers suggest too much of this meat could raise certain ...

GISTs are a rare type of cancer that develops in the digestive tract’s connective tissue, specifically from cells that help regulate muscle contractions. GISTs are primarily driven by genetic ...

Gastrointestinal cancer refers to malignant conditions of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and other organs involved in digestion, including the oesophagus, stomach, biliary system, pancreas ...

Patients in the clinical trial, who had a variety of gastrointestinal tumors, also received the immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab (Keytruda) to help further boost their immune response.

Survival benefits of fluoropyrimidine chemotherapy significantly outweighed the risks for cardiovascular events for patients ...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are rare mesenchymal tumors and were among the first solid tumor types for which such a novel treatment (in this case imatinib) became available. The ...

New York, USA, April 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Market to Grow Rapidly During the Study Period (2020–2034) Owing to the Launch of Emerging Therapies | DelveInsight ...